Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | And that looks like bringing rain along for the afternoon . |
2 | On the A forty-three in Oxfordshire , just north of Enstone , some temporary traffic lights there are holding drivers up for the resurfacing work that 's going on there — a little bit of extra care should be taken . |
3 | It was O , calling Boy up for the very first time . |
4 | In 1642 he was acting as a commissary , or supply officer , at Chester , sending provisions over for the Anglo-Scottish forces in Ireland . |
5 | The Powell Duffryn Company came into its own , buying pits up for a few thousand pounds , shutting them down , throwing hundreds out of work . |
6 | Yeah , but you 've got ta me , do n't forget we 've got fitted wardrobes , so it 's going by it 's taking space off for the wardrobe . |
7 | Jay Hammond had been Ross 's sixth victim : the tennis player , taking time off for a game with a business contact . |
8 | That means we can delay putting plans in for the reservoir . |
9 | The deliberate breaking of goalkeeper John Slack 's arm by Proby , putting Slack out for the rest of the season , may well sound the death knell for Division Three football at ‘ The Tip ’ . |
10 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
11 | I know dad , dad put that little fox or something , has he been putting stuff out for the |
12 | The milkmen have been watching out for customers who lay their part in the community , are good neighbour , keep a watchful eye on elderly residents , or putting nuts out for the birds . |
13 | Stop putting food out for the foxes . |