Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 2 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 3 | The same applies in the labour market where workers made unemployed do not immediately reduce their asking wage and take up a new job — instead , they spend some ( possibly quite considerable ) time searching for a new job at the old wage . |
| 4 | The active Paul Mitchell Systems team campaigning for a better world |
| 5 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 7 | Gradually drizzle in the lemon juice and continue blending for a further 2min . |
| 8 | In 1989 outline planning for a similar development there by Bellway was refused by Middlesbrough Council 's economic development and planning committee . |
| 9 | Give yourself a treat and go shopping for a new body with the INDEPENDENT TROLLEY TRAINER ! |
| 10 | Having them both here busy looking for a flat for JONATHAN , who becomes nicer and nicer as he grows up ( and who can it seems sleep twelve hours on the trot night after night ) is quite exhausting , and at times annoying . |