Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your mental arithmetic 's getting very good , by the way , I mean , at one stage , when you first started , you 'd be using using your calculator for all this , would n't you ? |
| 2 | The procession moved through the prison at a leisurely pace , Nicholson answering the visitors ' questions with the minimum of elaboration , constantly struggling to hide his contempt for some of the more idiotic queries they presented him with . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure there 's some willing and able village lass dying to do your cooking for you . |
| 4 | The Tribune group has sent out a list of candidates who are bidding to join its slate for the 18 Shadow Cabinet places . |
| 5 | The fish have to be caught by longlining to preserve their quality for drying , and landings have not yet been at the level that was hoped for . |
| 6 | I am writing to confirm our order for a 500mm print of a regional mosaic of Wales for reproduction on the front cover of our summer magazine , Rural Wales . |
| 7 | I am writing to confirm our booking for filming at the Old Royal Observatory on Wednesday 7 June from 9.00 to 11.00 am . |
| 8 | With the ground sorted out , Breeze will now be looking to bolster his team for next season . |
| 9 | The incident suggested that the movement was seeking to extend its campaign for political dominance beyond the province of Natal . |
| 10 | I could n't see whether the revolver was a replica or real , and I certainly was n't going to risk my life for what could have been a bag of pennies . |
| 11 | The only paper on your desk should be that on which you are currently working and material waiting to receive your attention for the first time . |
| 12 | He was certainly not going to do their job for them . |
| 13 | What makes Gatsby 's action even more splendid is that he knows by this time that Daisy is not going to leave her husband for him . |
| 14 | Ian is going to use his retirement for gardening , cycling , and taking a course on counselling . |
| 15 | Her new secretary was arriving and was going to share her flat for a while . |
| 16 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 17 | He said , " You need n't think I 'm just going to give up , that I 'm just going to take their word for it ! " |
| 18 | ‘ They 're not going to take my word for it . ’ |
| 19 | After quenching her desire to see and experience new things , she was going to ask her boss for a transfer and move to the nearest city , where the office had its headquarters . |
| 20 | Nothing and nobody was going to make her slave for Carty Jenks , not even Samson . |
| 21 | THERE are signs that we are beginning to acknowledge our need for community support , encouraged , ironically , by a welfare state that can no longer pretend to provide a substitute for friendship . |
| 22 | Still , the Lo Life is beginning to lose its allure for many of the faithful . |
| 23 | The Lo Life is beginning to lose its allure for many of the faithful . |
| 24 | She was beginning to sense his need for her , and pondered whether she was ready for this final stage in their relationship . |
| 25 | Tiriac is also concerned that the Germans are beginning to take their success for granted . |
| 26 | This course would be suitable for those wishing to improve their English for both business and more general purposes . |
| 27 | Having given you food for thought , I 'd like to move on to a discussion of the criteria and can I say right now that I think it would be right and proper to limit our discussion this morning to the criteria . |
| 28 | Foster qualified for the Telford finals having won her division for ‘ middle club ’ rated tennis players in a LTA Volkswagen Nationals county qualifying tournament during the summer and then a regional final in September . |
| 29 | Having got his way for so long , he should now relax and let the chair revert to what it it was in the past : a part-time job . |
| 30 | The Spectator article secured him an invitation to Hampton Court and , having offered his specification for the repair work , he was duly hired . |