Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 2 | You have to produce a return transatlantic ticket and your passport both when buying the airpass and when checking in for each flight . |
| 3 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 4 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 6 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 7 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 8 | ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work . |
| 9 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 10 | And it 's still going on for another season . |
| 11 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 12 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 13 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 14 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 15 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 16 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 17 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 18 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 20 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 21 | Risking everything he grabbed two tomatoes and the biggest apples before bedding down for another night under cover of trees . |
| 22 | I 'm going down for that job ! |
| 23 | " I reckon you 're very wise not going in for this lark , " Joanne said , shifting the mound of her body uncomfortably under the bedclothes . |
| 24 | Shrimp kept going up for some water , trod on Andrew . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 26 | look it does n't matter now because we 're going out for some milk , here |
| 27 | If your whole departments going out for any reason , for a departmental meeting , if you 're all out at a conference , or if there 's some sort of briefing or something going on , please let the switchboard know which numbers will be unattended , and how long you 'll be out for . |
| 28 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 29 | They 're one of 14 national display teams limbering up for this weekend 's International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . |
| 30 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |