Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 2 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 3 | She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting . |
| 4 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 5 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 6 | After watching them for a while I suggested that they might try to keep most numbers constant and change just one . |
| 7 | Joseph and his mother , after watching them for a moment , turned and strolled away to inspect the dead calf . |
| 8 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 9 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 10 | Similarly , ‘ vocational ’ training was regarded more as a means of making prisoners work hard than of training them for a task to which they were individually suited . |
| 11 | Finally , one other began to use heroin almost by default in that he and a friend bought heroin with the specific aim of selling it for a profit . |
| 12 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 13 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 14 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 15 | It 's just a matter of hoarding them for a discount on your Sovereign holiday . |
| 16 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 17 | While BT has the right to terminate the deal between years three and six , it also has the option of extending it for a further three years . |
| 18 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
| 19 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 20 | We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation . |
| 21 | Therefore we are not justified in using it for a quality of material things . |
| 22 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 23 | ‘ We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 24 | We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 25 | Once the girls are at playgroup , Faith spends the rest of the morning catching up on chores before collecting them for a leisurely lunch . |
| 26 | She said summat about taking him for a picnic . |
| 27 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 28 | Apply it with a roller in a thin , even coat and let it dry without disturbing it for a good 24 hours . |
| 29 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 30 | World champion , and well on the way to winning it for a second time . |