Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 32 | Their common lot was fierce parental discipline , even a man of a warm and kindly nature such as Samuel Pepys thought nothing of beating his 15-year-old maid with a broomstick , and locking her up for the night in his cellar , or whipping his boy-servant , or even boxing his clerk 's ears . |
| 33 | I did n't know that Ben had been following me around for the last five years ! |
| 34 | Or were you just stringing him along for the fun of it ? ’ |
| 35 | ‘ It is n't a question of the Designer working it out for the Director . |
| 36 | It is n't a question of the Director working it out for the Designer . |
| 37 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |
| 38 | German Shepherds from eight different police forces are battling it out for the title of the best in the west . |