Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 2 | When he 'd been banging on for several minutes about immigration , infiltration , dilution of the great Anglo-Saxon race and a lot more of the same , I seized the opportunity , rather neatly I thought , to observe that indeed things had come to a pretty pass when the name Patel was as common as Smith in England . |
| 3 | You have to produce a return transatlantic ticket and your passport both when buying the airpass and when checking in for each flight . |
| 4 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 5 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 6 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 7 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 8 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 9 | In the Sokol valley I was lucky enough to watch a stock circling above for several minutes . |
| 10 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 11 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 12 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 13 | Listening carefully for any sound that might indicate fitzAlan 's presence , she stretched out a cautious foot , ready to withdraw it immediately if she encountered so much as a hint of him . |
| 14 | Oh the idea of saving now for this year 's Christmas present , there 's one small snag , it will cost around £60,000 . |
| 15 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 16 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 17 | ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work . |
| 18 | Throughout the entire 50 minutes of grilling on low heat , Judd Lander sits nervously , looking around for more people to ask questions . |
| 19 | She was on the point of fleeing from the building , and was in fact pressed up against the door , listening intently for any sounds outside , when footsteps approached rapidly . |
| 20 | She stood with it in her hand , looking about for some signs of a waiting servant . |
| 21 | Bruno 's been training hard for this fight in Leicester . |
| 22 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 23 | As most people in South Africa know , they have been living apart for some while — ostensibly on security grounds . |
| 24 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 25 | He had been trembling violently for several hours but now no sound came from the place where he lay . |
| 26 | We 're actually producing more for less money especially since last year |
| 27 | Although this written account is extremely tenuous , patient archaeological excavations that have been going on for many years on Santorin are beginning to reveal a story to rival that of Pompeii . |
| 28 | Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just . |
| 29 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 30 | And it 's still going on for another season . |