Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 2 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 3 | Sterland announced his return to fitness by saying : ‘ I am picking up my training steadily and looking to turn out for the reserves in the middle of next week . |
| 4 | Mm , er what to think , oh I ca n't think of any words , oh we 're going to go off for an interview now anyway . |
| 5 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 6 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
| 7 | It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it . |
| 8 | I say to him [ husband ] I 'm going to clear off for the day and you can do it all one day , and you 'll see what it 's like . |
| 9 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |
| 10 | ‘ He is going to stay here for a while . ’ |
| 11 | Are you going to stay here for a couple of days , where you 'll be safe ? |
| 12 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 14 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 15 | I think we should have all what we 're going to have in for the bazaar thing , . |
| 16 | It was n't just here and now , he was part of the past and he was going to sign up for the WEA history and archaeology classes . |
| 17 | If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift . |
| 18 | Those wishing to vote now for the counter motion in the name of Mr to please stand . |
| 19 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 20 | Striving to make up for the considerable loss of all-rounder Jonathan Barnes , who is now a County League professional , Darlington RA have signed Australian Troy Dixon as their professional . |
| 21 | There was n't the faintest trace of pity in his face as he saw the defeated posture , just a glimmer of satisfaction that his own plans were starting to go well for a change . |
| 22 | just in Batham all those removes having to look out for the sixth form smoking |
| 23 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 24 | A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment . |
| 25 | The 28-year-old graduate from Bristol University was fined at the end of last season for failing to turn up for the team coach travelling to the FA Cup final after discovering he had been dropped in favour of the fit-again Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 26 | McGrath , returning after being forgiven for failing to turn up for the Irish trek to Albania two weeks ago , rewarded Jack Charlton 's faith in him with a goal and a swagger as though he had never been away . |
| 27 | The car has been written off , which has left them with the prospect of having to pay out for a new vehicle . |
| 28 | The short-term lets often suit people such as students when the off-season coincides with their term , but for families the disruption of having to move out for the summer is frustrating . |
| 29 | Ndebugre , a former PNDC Secretary for Agriculture dismissed in November 1984 [ see p. 33828 ] , was arrested for allegedly failing to rise promptly for the national anthem , and was reportedly beaten while in detention — he was later released on a court order but was immediately rearrested . |
| 30 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |