Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yeah , ’ he drawls , rolling chewing gum around his mouth and pausing for dramatic effect . |
| 2 | DS5 SECTIONAL COMPLETION AND PROGRAMMING FOR MAIN WORKING AREA , SITE OF PUMPING STATION |
| 3 | Reading for pleasure and reading for profitable study are not the same . |
| 4 | Also on Oct. 15 the Sejm approved legislation regulating television and broadcasting and allowing for commercial stations . |
| 5 | To us , St. Joe 's embodies our own history : a history of caring and campaigning for homeless people , but more vitally a history of " Simon " and its ideas , principles and values . |
| 6 | Here , parents may provide valuable financial assistance to their married children in the early stages of their family life-cycle , when the head of the household is beginning a career , and when the young couples are faced with the initial expenses of setting up a home and providing for young children ( Bell , 1968 ) . |
| 7 | A combative de Gaulle responded by dissolving parliament and calling for new elections ( 18 – 25 November ) . |
| 8 | These include content review , vocabulary explanations , pictorial support and checking for cultural assumptions . |
| 9 | ‘ The Chancellor is steering a careful course and going for steady growth . |
| 10 | Before the prison doors had opened , or she had been stuffed into the hold of that ghastly convict ship , to spend her life scrubbing and cleaning and whoring for rough and dangerous men . |
| 11 | This is precisely the minefield that King is gleefully preparing to step into with her debut novel O.P.P. ( a title lifted from the rap hit by Naughty By Nature and standing for Other People 's , uh , Property ) . |
| 12 | assuming that each item comprised in the Stock and work in progress could be sold in the ordinary course of business and allowing for estimated costs required to complete the items and for estimated selling costs on that assumption ; and |
| 13 | The London County Council had , for example , been innovative in its approach to the public provision of both education and housing for working-class people . |
| 14 | After the discovery of the antique shop window , I started going out at night and looking for other window displays . |
| 15 | After the discovery of the antique shop window , I started going out at night and looking for other window displays . |
| 16 | The different observation methods cover inspection for flaws or dust , surface differential , substance detection and checking for residual photoresist on Ic wafers which shows up particularly well under fluorescence . |
| 17 | The YHA would encourage any disabled people keen on exploring the countryside and looking for suitable budget accommodation to get in touch with the YHA . |
| 18 | ‘ Our favourite times are Sunday afternoons , cooking , watching television and going for long walks . ’ |
| 19 | Rotas for house cleaning , loo disinfecting , washing up , cooker cleaning and decisions about kitty and shopping for basic shared commodities such as tea , coffee , loo paper , need to be clearly written down and displayed for all to see . |
| 20 | ‘ The programme for the four-day seminar covers financial planning and modelling for nuclear plant , the handling and storage of nuclear waste and spent fuel , public relations , and contractual and organisational links with government and other bodies . |
| 21 | QUEEN 'S ladies ' hockey team is preparing for the new season and looking for fresh talent . |
| 22 | The Amir addressed the country on Jan. 20 appealing for an end to the pro-democracy agitation and calling for national issues to be resolved through political dialogue and consultation . |
| 23 | I heard you were living with a cabinet member 's daughter and fighting for Gay Rights in Fast Cheam ? ’ |
| 24 | Its work in training , promotion and striving for improved quality is praised . |
| 25 | On the economic side it was believed that customs union , by creating healthy competition and allowing for large-scale production , would have a dynamic effect , leading to higher growth and better living standards . |
| 26 | Well , how about this for a scenario : twenty years of solid touring and recording for major names ; a niche in the elite ‘ who 's who ’ of session guitarists on both sides of the Atlantic ; featured on television three times a week backing major artists live on a very hip chat show ; going straight into production for another live prime-time show on Saturday nights ; and work with Tom Jones , Al Jarreau , Stevie Wonder , Mica Paris , Cindi Lauper , Bob Geldof and Curtis Stigers , to name but a few . |
| 27 | Together these viewpoints have distorted the development of English education at the expense of a balanced provision in a system which could be expected to be concerned with the broad world of personal development , preparation for employment and providing for economic and community need , both local and national . |
| 28 | So the link between voting and paying for local services has been broken . |
| 29 | We barely had time to exchange a glance — a glance which said despair , courage , delirium — before pointing our noses at infinity and pulling for dear life . |
| 30 | Go on , ask her where she 's been all afternoon , dressed up like a tart and missing for bloody hours . |