Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is not point arranging to play squash if you dislike the game , or vowing to go for a jog each day , if you hate running . |
| 2 | Similarly , in an effort to reach an accommodation with women trade unionists , the NUSEC rejected the traditional nineteenth-century feminist opposition to protective legislation , pledging to work for the extension of such legislation to men rather than opposing it for women . |
| 3 | From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams . |
| 4 | Pair or group tasks will not stimulate worthwhile collaboration unless they engage children 's interest and involvement , and are sufficiently flexible and challenging to allow for a range of responses . |
| 5 | His gaze raked her body , returning to linger for a moment on her mouth . |
| 6 | A quotation from Charles Lawson Ltd for the impact absorbing surfacing for the perimeter of the sandpit for the Nursery Play Group . |
| 7 | Looking equipped for a spot of gentle camping in the Dordogne but definitely not for dicing with dunes and wadis of the harsh landscape that lay ahead , they scorched on regardless , not for once wishing they had the half-track trucks or ‘ autochenilles that carried their predecessors . |
| 8 | In response to your advertisement in the Bedfordshire Reporter , I am writing to apply for the post of secretary/ receptionist . |
| 9 | We had a very happy collaboration in Berlin over Mozart 's Die Zauberflöte , which he had been wanting to do for a number of years . |
| 10 | Begin this pan with a few seconds of static shot ( remembering to allow for the backspace time ) and continue the shot for a few more seconds when you reach the end of the pan . |
| 11 | In much the same way , she suggested that in the aftermath of the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels , the television companies might care to take a long hard look at themselves when seeking to account for the behaviour of the young fans at the European Cup Final : |
| 12 | I am writing to ask for the co-operation of your Institution in a survey of Language in Teacher Education which is being carried out by the NCLE . |
| 13 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |
| 14 | We need to shift to the procedure that we would probably have and a tell me if I 'm wrong I thought there was a sort of general agreement without it being sort of firmly agreed that we were going to go for a format of subject specific reports still coming to form tutor who would complete some sort of general report , is that |
| 15 | The second leg of our yankee is the eight forty five , well this is a sprint race ; two fifty metres , only erm only go round two bends , and therefore you have to have some erm early pace sort of erm greyhounds , and I 'm going to go for a trap one here , Chair Boy 's Blue , he 's already won plenty over this erm shorter trip . |
| 16 | erm And here , I 'm going to go for an outsider really , erm I 'm going to go for Ashfield Charlie erm in trap two , Tommy Foster from Wimbledon trained runner this is . |
| 17 | Were we on coke when we said , in the summer , that we were going to go for the sonnet ? ’ |
| 18 | Yes , it 's very hard because you get to that stage where you know you can only really push forward for so long , then when it you know , the whistle looms near , you try and you know , you 're just going to go for the result really , and keep it you know , a clean sheet and just get a point out of the game . |
| 19 | This of course is the stuff of which martyrs are made , leading to sacrifice for a cause or causes in both religious and secular society . |
| 20 | I think we also need to recognise that there has also been a er , high level of er , commitment from er , officers employed by this council to achieving the changes that we have asked in terms of financial management , now I 'm not going to pretend for a moment that er , we 've gone all the way there yet . |
| 21 | What was Rosie going to wear for the ceremony ? |
| 22 | For days the team had sat out harrowing gales and -50C temperatures , waiting to go for the top . |
| 23 | Always feel you are going to wait for the club to arrive and keep your head behind the shot . |
| 24 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
| 25 | You really think I was going to fall for a line like that and hand Barry over to you ? ’ |
| 26 | But poor old Wayne Phillips was always going to suffer for the demise of the local hero , unless he got at least 100 in his first trip to the crease . |
| 27 | He was going to try for a buy-out . |
| 28 | Er I told him I was going to try for the Co-op . |
| 29 | The main reason for ceasing to work for the project was that the project itself had no suitable work to offer . |
| 30 | He said he was going to look for a radiator at a scrap yard somewhere passed Akers Way . |