Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun prp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the exciting days of last February and March when the Stars were challenging with Chelmsford for promotion have long been forgotten by the home fans . |
| 2 | My mother had a Chinese education , returning to China for part of it . |
| 3 | He rejoined Edward in Gascony in the autumn and attended the general council at Lyons from May to July of 1274 , returning to England for Edward 's coronation on 19 August . |
| 4 | He accused Labour and the Liberal Democrats of flirting with PR for party political gain . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the MATIF sees its niche in the development of more European contracts , such as the Euro-Top Index and the Italian Government Bond futures , where again it will be vying with LIFFE for liquidity . |
| 6 | MPs voted by 348 votes to 123 last night in favour of legislating to allow the prosecution of alleged war criminals now living in Britain for crimes committed in Germany or German-occupied territory during the last war . |
| 7 | Two CDU politicians , in comments seen as trial balloons for a longer debate , argued at the weekend that Bonn 's laws should allow dual citizenship to extend full rights to foreigners living in Germany for decades . |
| 8 | Their analysis may not go any deeper than that , but it is expressed in a way which impresses Letterman , a sort of passionate commitment to the power of the idea which he has — subversively — been advocating in Hollywood for years . |
| 9 | According to Harris for ITN , Labour is on 40 per cent ( down one ) the Conservatives 38 ( up three ) , the Liberal Democrats 18 ( down one ) , and others four ( down one ) . |
| 10 | Companies looking to IBM for APPN network node code have been stung in the past by the licensing fees . |
| 11 | But Tenma is still a relatively cheap and simple satellite , and Japan is looking to Britain for collaboration on its successor , Astro-C , due for launch in 1987 . |
| 12 | THE WORLD 'S leading space explorers are looking to Europe for help in probing new corners of the Solar System over the next two decades . |
| 13 | ‘ The household priests are looking to Osiris for guidance . |
| 14 | ‘ I think it 'll be a fine thing for the town , ’ said a dogmatic little schoolmaster , looking to Greg for approval in a way he found irritating . |
| 15 | It has been tough going , finding out things about myself which were buried deep but with ministry from the leaders and looking to God for answers I believe he has healed not only my drug problem but has cleansed me from sin so that I feel clean . |
| 16 | By July , however , both Wolfgang and Constanze were ill , and Mozart was once more writing to Puchberg for money , in view of his inability to work . |
| 17 | She took one last glance at the window above to see Maria Luisa with her palms flat against the window-pane , desperately , mutely pleading with Ruth for help with eyes so full of pain that Ruth 's nerves nearly snapped . |
| 18 | Barn owls have been declining in Britain for years as hedges where their food lives are ripped out . |
| 19 | Ethnic Serbian deputies walked out of the session , and formed on Oct. 24 the " Assembly of the Serbian Nation of Bosnia-Hercegovina " , fixing a plebiscite on remaining in Yugoslavia for Nov. 9 and 19 . |
| 20 | He was waiting in Hollywood for news of his £4 million properties on Kauai — where South Pacific was filmed — after Hurricane Iniki scored a direct hit . |
| 21 | Now , when I came back from Stop Hill the other night , must have been , oh must have been Thursday , cos Paul erm , was going out with Alec and then they were going to Alec for dinner and when I came back one of the erm wooden staves was off here , had been prized off . |
| 22 | And he was going I know you do n't mind Sheila he said , I 'm gon na go , I 'm going to Spain for holiday . |
| 23 | Miss Aitchison will be going to Cardiff for Christmas to join her mother and father , chartered surveyor Tim Aitchison . |
| 24 | The 1913 Marsden Hartley ( lot 158 est. $1–1.5 million ) was the only million dollar plus twentieth-century work , going to Citibank for $1.05 million ( £656,250 ) . |
| 25 | By lunchtime Perkin had driven off , going to Newbury for supplies , he 'd said . |
| 26 | Some of their old fears of a Kurdish entity in Iraq faded when they were contemplating only a ‘ protected ’ enclave , taking in Kurdish towns and villages , and turning to Turkey for succour . |
| 27 | Furthermore , whatever Kennedy 's disappointment over the lukewarm support from London , he was soon turning to Macmillan for advice and help on other questions . |
| 28 | The suit had been brought by Martin Edwards , the United chairman and controlling shareholder , who has agreed to sell his 50.6 per cent holding to Knighton for £10m . |
| 29 | If it turns out to be ‘ right ’ ( the trade term for ‘ genuine ’ ) , it will be worth sending to Geneva for sale . |
| 30 | County rang the changes desperately , sending on Slawson for Lund in an attempt to pep up an attack in which Farina , the striker on loan from Bari , made a rather featureless full debut . |