Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They think I 'm reconciled , but I 've only been biding my time for a chance like this one you 've brought me now . |
| 2 | WORLD rugby officials yesterday risked a damaging political backlash by reaffirming their support for a South African-held World Cup in 1995 . |
| 3 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 4 | They drank coffee and played cards throughout the long haul to London , only interrupting their concentration for the Sheikh 's frequent visits aft to watch over his son . |
| 5 | The association , all of whose members are required to sign a statement pledging their support for the use of animals in research , is planning to raise the issue with the Medical Research Council . |
| 6 | The draft contains all the essentials of her later paper ( with Gosling ) in Nature in April , which , together with one by Wilkins and his colleagues , accompanied Crick and Watson 's paper announcing their model for the structure of DNA . |
| 7 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 8 | None can work well in isolation and for that reason it is reassuring that the CBI , in pressing its case for the TECs to be the local regulators of vocational training , stresses the importance of the young person 's ( and the adult worker 's ) " personal file " , building on the existing good practice of records of achievement in schools . |
| 9 | Your Royal Highness , commodores , and members of the Association , may I begin my report by thanking you Ma'am for the time you have given to our sport , for being with us at our Annual General Meeting and for the address you have just delivered . |
| 10 | LAUNCHING his bid for the deputy leadership , Mr John Prescott was on his best behaviour yesterday . |
| 11 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 12 | Oxford United will be announcing their new manager in the morning — we 'll be revealing his name for the first time , tonight on Central News . |
| 13 | Basing his research for the book on over 100 interviews , Canon Elvy concludes that one of the major stumbling blocks for Christian broadcasting in Europe is that ‘ Christians in the European media are suffering from a lack of questions ’ . |
| 14 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale was last night starting the tough task of rebuilding his squad for a promotion push next season . |
| 15 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
| 16 | ‘ Aye , after a battle once you have recited your thanksgivings , or prior to a campaign , while you are girding your soul for a crusade as now , as blessedly now — many of you may yearn to kneel in your cell with saw and magnilens , with rasp and buffing wheel and carbide graver , with brush and inkhorn . |
| 17 | Finish deving your print for the remainder of your dev. time . |
| 18 | Finish deving your print for the remainder of your dev. time . |
| 19 | Pick up your car in Kuala Lumpur , then take to the road , booking your hotel for the following night as you go . |
| 20 | It was not until August 1976 that the then Secretary of State declared his intention of accepting its argument for a single , national , validating agency . |
| 21 | We followed the hunting team in the dark , stumbling across the scrubby terrain , heavily pitted with limestone fissures , until Rindi located a promising lair by cautiously sniffing its entrance for the distinctive aroma of a large reptile which does n't brush its teeth . |
| 22 | What remains For MacDonald and Wimpey , of course , is patenting their process and cloning their hybrid for the purpose of franchising . |
| 23 | On one of these dates , Wednesday 20 October , the Faculty of Science and Engineering is holding an Information Day , specifically for students wishing to visit departments at the science and engineering campus before finalising their application for a university place . |
| 24 | She was gathering her strength for the season of ice that must settle over Munding Rectory . |
| 25 | It is the nature of the work that produces a tendency among men to see it as essential and elemental , all those images of men down in the abdomen of the earth , raiding its womb for the fuel that makes the world go round . |
| 26 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 27 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 28 | Writing my CV for a job |
| 29 | The local newspaper published a letter from the Queen Mother , as patron of the Georgian Group , expressing her concern for the building . |
| 30 | The USSR noted ‘ with satisfaction ’ that ‘ Iran is expressing its support for the world-wide democratic international Non-Aligned Movement ’ . |