Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was acquired in the early ‘ twenties by the Noyce family and they continued trading there for the next sixty years . |
| 32 | He beat the 1987 stock market crash by selling out of his major holdings at the peak , returning briefly for an unsuccessful bid for the giant BAT . |
| 33 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 34 | With his experience and enthusiasm he was an instant hit and is now close to climbing aboard for the European Championship finals this summer . |
| 35 | I 'm 32 and have been climbing seriously for the last 18 years , which helped me get accepted . |
| 36 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 37 | Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’ |
| 38 | Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister — she did that very well , Karen , where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly , barely touching — we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river . |
| 39 | Mozart , in contrast , is held up as a kind of plaster saint , a spiritual being who lived through his music , pausing only for the occasional game of billiards . |
| 40 | There are not many precedents for the same Secretary of State and the same Permanent Secretary serving together for the best part of six years . |
| 41 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 42 | The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life . |
| 43 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 44 | This posits that the company or any group of individuals acting together for a common purpose creates a living organism , or a real person , capable of willing and acting through the people who are its organs just as a natural person wills and acts through their brain , mouth and hands . |
| 45 | But he declined to say whether the inspectors — two teams acting together for the first time in Iraq — had found any of the Scud missiles the United Nations thinks Iraq is hiding . |
| 46 | Comparing the ‘ Charlie Parker Story ’ directly with Vogue 's 14-track ‘ Original Bird ’ release ( and in effect listening critically for the first time ) , I found the Denon ‘ sound recovery ’ system somewhat inconsistent in places . |
| 47 | He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain . |
| 48 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 49 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 50 | He must no doubt be acting not for the mere purpose of putting money in his pocket , but for some legitimate purpose other than the mere acquisition of money … … . |
| 51 | The world is full of stray cats , many of them searching hopefully for a new home . |
| 52 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 53 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
| 54 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 55 | There will be sweet moments for all of us , but they will be swamped by the sour … and we 'll all be happy , in our own peculiar way , saving up for a sunny day two or three years off in the future . |
| 56 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 57 | The bedsides of the dying were therefore thronged , not only by pastors saying prayers , but also by relatives and friends , listening attentively for a last instructive word or , in the case of a sinner , for some hopeful indication that all was not lost . |
| 58 | But these two were n't dressing up for the great outdoors . |
| 59 | He made his Palace debut on Boxing Day , teaming up for the first time with Dickie Dowsett and Ronnie Allen , and helped the Palace romp to a thrilling 3–0 victory over Millwall on a freezing surface . |
| 60 | I 'm looking now for a nice you know . |