Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to know now whether Eden was really being serious , or merely protecting himself for posterity . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , but that was when I was only pumping you for information , not giving it to you . |
| 3 | This is just asking us for permission for them to apply for planning permission . |
| 4 | Yeah and you wo n't if , do you , wo n't have to tell 'em what you 're getting for doing it , you 're just , you 're just doing it for interest so to speak |
| 5 | This is because the horse is physically preparing himself for action — running , fighting , playing , courtship etc . |
| 6 | Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption . |
| 7 | You suggest he was secretly testing it for work on the Antarctic land mass , flying it south over the pack ice . |
| 8 | In 1758 William Hill was the tenant , still using it for fulling . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're still developing it for use with seedlings and delicate plants , ’ says Stuart , ‘ but we 're certain it has tremendous potential . ’ |
| 10 | At 45 Mainwaring Road the upper maisonette was still advertising itself for sale — no less than six boards competing for the passerby 's attention . |
| 11 | He asked : ‘ Is the Soviet press now selling itself for money ? ’ |
| 12 | In a few days they 'll be back here begging us for food . ’ |
| 13 | On nationalisation , the divisions had acquired around 300 power stations , initially grouping them for management at an intermediate level . |
| 14 | A little girl of about eight works , threading minute beads onto a string , and then spreading them for sale on a coarse blanket on the sidewalk . |
| 15 | He bent down , preparing to lever the baby into the world with his special forceps without either crippling it for life , and killing it , or the mother , or both of them . |
| 16 | Well I am actually , I am actually doing it for interest it 's not gon na be easy mind ya |