Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I think we should have all what we 're going to have in for the bazaar thing , . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Those wishing to vote now for the counter motion in the name of Mr to please stand . |
| 7 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | just in Batham all those removes having to look out for the sixth form smoking |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A couple of weeks later , just as most of the officers and men of the Allied Screening Commission in Verona were preparing to go off for the weekend to the country , an enormous , chauffeur-driven Fiat motor car with a flag on the front of it rolled up in the drive . |
| 15 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 16 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 17 | Some of the RPF 's leaders were uneasy about risking the new movement 's reputation by contesting these elections , but de Gaulle , perhaps trying to make up for the lost opportunities of 1945 and 1946 , was adamant that the Rassemblement should make an all-out effort to capture as much popular support as possible . |
| 18 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 19 | I mean it 's really trying to make up for the differences in the coverage that students coming into the university have had . |
| 20 | The local education authority , and participating employers , in planning to work together for the benefit of young people , will need , early on , to clarify their modus operandi . |
| 21 | It is understood that South African premier , F W De Klerk , is planning to fly in for the game , which could spark a resurgence of anti-apartheid demonstrations . |