Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there there are three there are three organizations or companies there that I think you 'd be er happier in especially going out for the first time and also er your style . |
| 2 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
| 3 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 4 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 5 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
| 6 | I mean really useful , not just waiting about for the next piffling stage part . ’ |
| 7 | They will then have to get money from the dole or the Benefits Agency , which will cost taxpayers a great deal more on top of the £25 billion that the state is already paying out for the unemployed . |
| 8 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 9 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| 10 | Orders are already pouring in for the American-made scarves and bandanas that heat up when a liquid-filled pad is microwaved is placed into a pouch . |
| 11 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 12 | The chub flit in and out of the weed like silent ghosts , grubbing for food , seeking shelter from the bright sun , and sometimes just playing around for the sheer hell of it . |
| 13 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |
| 14 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
| 15 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Still holding out for the twenty per cent , I see , Maurice . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Time is quickly running out for the army to show whether it is on the side of the people , ’ said the Bosnian Interior Minister , Mr Alija Delimustafic . |
| 18 | The you so pointedly admonished is the addressee of the poem , Torquatus , a representative Roman , fictionally standing in for the reader at large . |
| 19 | The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill . |
| 20 | He and other activists say time is now running out for the union ban , which they say will end after the election , because both Labour and Liberal Democrats have pledged to re-introduce union rights . |
| 21 | Comdex/Spring in Chicago last week was for all intents and purposes a Microsoft Corp event , all the energy and sparkle belonging to the Windows World side of the house , OS/2 being a footsore also-ran and Unix not even showing up for the race . |
| 22 | He probably worked on all his victims this way — softening them up , earning their trust and then moving in for the kill . |
| 23 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 24 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 25 | The middle reach was occupied by small craft , mostly laying up for the winter , some of them already double lashed down under weather-cloths . |