Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of thing — for instance , one of the problems in some areas might be that the buses erm do n't erm that there is an insufficient bus service late in the evening , so a lot of kids hang about waiting for a bus and get into trouble waiting . |
| 2 | You know , you go on looking for a solution to this difficult problem . |
| 3 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 4 | If you 've just done a 12-mile ridge-walk then I 'm sure nothing will be further from your thoughts , but if you plan a weekend away with a person you 've fancied for ages and somehow end up heading for a bothy , unless you are totally alone any thought of a fumble in the sleeping-bag should be out of the question . |
| 5 | They carry on arguing for a bit , then Peter hits the cymbal again . |
| 6 | The other dhāmis carry on dancing for a while and then their gods go too . |
| 7 | Wander around looking for a boy in half-dead trainers with green Dayglo socks showing through . |