Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his final statements in the Venezuelan capital Caracas , his last stop , Bush repeated the central message of the tour , that a " new age " was opening up for the Americas . |
| 2 | More innovatively , companies signing up for the programme will be legally committed to going through a conciliation process to sort out unforeseen interoperability problems . |
| 3 | But Mr Davies , who leaves behind a lower paid £85,000 at the commission , conceded he would have little difficulty in signing up for the business priorities agreed by the CBI 's governing council for the incoming government . |
| 4 | Winding up for the Government when the new clause was debated in the House of Commons on 14 April 1948 , Ede faithfully followed the Cabinet 's line , expounding the case for retention on the grounds that public opinion was not conducive to any change , adding as a supporting argument that the unarmed police had to contend with a ‘ class of gangster and armed criminal which hardly existed at all before the war ’ . |
| 5 | A few of the songs here appeared on Setzer 's ‘ The Knife Feels Like Justice ’ records , but this new LP is still probably worth checking out for the rumbling ‘ ( Do n't Sell My Daddy ) No More Whiskey ’ . |
| 6 | NIGEL MANSELL smashed the track record in yesterday 's first qualifying round for the Indycar grand prix in Surfers Paradise , Australia , and vowed to go even faster today . |
| 7 | A respectable attempt at comic characterization , its undiminished contrivance ultimately mars the simplicity of It Only Takes a Moment , already performed as a send-up of movie love balladry , with townspeople and extras wandering in for the chorus . ’ |
| 8 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 9 | Get your playgroup involved by writing off for the Playweek kit , which contains all kinds of money-making ideas . |
| 10 | The price is to be announced later this month , but the word is you need £20,000 plus to own one … and then you could start saving up for the insurance ! |
| 11 | Once the veneer of hunt balls and dressing up for the occasion is stripped away all you have left is a very cruel activity which is a disgrace to those of us who live in the modern world . |
| 12 | As Charles limped along Praed Street , he began to regret dressing up for the encounter , but when he reflected on the exceptional violence of blackmailers in all detective fiction , he decided it was as well to conceal his identity . |
| 13 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
| 14 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 15 | Looking back for the future |
| 16 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 17 | They are even willing to give parents a much needed rest in the evenings by listening out for the children ( once settled ) , thereby allowing the parents time off . |
| 18 | As the sky lightened even more and they began to make out their surroundings more clearly , Fenella and Caspar both found themselves looking out for the signs that Floy had hoped to leave . |
| 19 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 20 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 21 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 22 | For my part , looking out for the future , I do not view the process with any misgivings . |
| 23 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 24 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 25 | Just take it from me that it 's not in your best interests to go hunting around for the ship . ’ |
| 26 | Charles kept looking round for the room 's occupant . |
| 27 | ‘ Philip has n't written a real play for four years , ’ Maud said , looking round for the waiter . |
| 28 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit . |
| 30 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |