Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of Offa 's immediate forebears had been king of the Mercians and Offa himself is another example ( like Aethelbald ) of an aetheling competing successfully for the kingship from outside the innermost core of royal power . |
| 2 | And appearing only for the defence has always seemed too easy an option . |
| 3 | In this song Andrew and Waddy play individual solos before harmonising together for the end of the solo section and for the ending lick of the song . |
| 4 | Julian whose home is at Seamer , near Scarborough is currently the assistant cruise director in the Caribbean and is returning home for the presentation ceremony next month . |
| 5 | We are , as ever , delighted with the responses we 've had from artists so far and we are currently working with a superb international line-up which includes Alexei Sayle , Spinal Tap ( reforming specially for the show ) , Spitting Image , Julian Clary , Dave Stewart ( performing a specially composed number ) , Jason Donovan ( duetting with Kim Wilde ) , Tom Jones , Roger Daltrey ( with The Chieftains ) , Lisa Stansfield , EMF , Seal , Beverley Craven , Midge Ure , Mica Paris , and , as they say , many many , many more . |
| 6 | The bomb-aimer operated his sight and electrically-controlled release gears from beneath the gunner , a hinged wind-balanced panel in the extreme nose opening outward for the purpose of sighting and aiming . |
| 7 | It will do no good at all if it leaves you fuming internally for the rest of the day . |
| 8 | Then , as the knife slammed forward , driving upwards for the heart , Ward 's right arm extension came up , the glove-covered steel fingers of his hand open like claws . |
| 9 | Australian mining companies have been pressing hard for the upgrade for the past 18 months but , ironically , demand for Landsat data in the last few months has dropped by 60 per cent . |
| 10 | Now the wall has come down , Leipzig city council is still pressing ahead for the museum to be built , although the building funds have yet to be found and the competition to find an architect will not be until 1993 . |
| 11 | By pressing actively for the payment of wages monthly instead of weekly , they have supported and contributed to the great growth or worker banking in those countries , where it has been seen as a first step to other ‘ staff status ’ privileges . |
| 12 | In 1985 , it opened up to the market , competing largely for the architecture and installation of PABX voice networks . |
| 13 | Equity markets recoiled from these gloomy indicators by falling sharply at the beginning of the week , pausing only for the Chancellor 's speech at the Tory Party conference , but still failing to recover lost ground by the close . |
| 14 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 15 | They should have been brought back to see what they do in saving more for the government , and all the extra work they 've caused . |
| 16 | Concurrent reading reduced the rate of tapping more for the right than for the left finger . |
| 17 | Unknown to me a honeybee had made a hive in this part of the wall and not long afterwards I became aware of an angry bee searching frantically for the entrance to its hive . |
| 18 | Also , the system makes clear that the designer is acting strictly for the client . |
| 19 | When she raised them the rest of the way she held them not to her streaming eyes , but to her ears , listening intently for the sound of the sea . |
| 20 | Listening intently for the sound of feet on their way up the stairs , she could detect the movements of only one person . |
| 21 | His remarks will disappoint many right-wing Tories who have been pushing hard for the Government to give a firm commitment to privatisation . |
| 22 | His remarks will disappoint many right-wing Tories who have been pushing hard for the Government to give a firm commitment to privatisation . |
| 23 | Mr Devi Lal , for example , who had been lobbying hard for the home ministry to add to his deputy premiership , had to content himself with the agriculture ministry . |
| 24 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 25 | He sat back , absent-mindedly doodling on a blotter , waiting wearily for the end . |
| 26 | It was typical of the Lang Hancock style that he should have turned up in town with his young woman , caring little for the opinion of the climbers . |
| 27 | The young man watched him very warily indeed , waiting only for the chance to be off . |
| 28 | I got out to the end of the runway first , applied my brakes and did my run-up and magneto checks , whilst waiting impatiently for the oil temperature to rise to the required degree . |
| 29 | Nobody suggested that the Parliament at Westminster did not have the authority to pass such legislation , perhaps out of a feeling that Britain was paying enough for the defence of America to be entitled to impose a unified industrial policy , possibly more out of a feeling that it would be hard to enforce . |
| 30 | The citizens on the pavements , waiting patiently for the parade to start , had something else to look at now . |