Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we still went on enjoying ourselves immensely for the officers handed us chocolates and were very kind . |
| 2 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 3 | In fact there 's been some discussion of this lately , John Elston has argued that if jurors knew that that 's why they were chosen to go on the jury , it would destabilize the princi the practice of it because if you knew you were going on jury just for self-education rather than to get the right results out the other end , then this would n't give you any way of motivating yourself properly for the jury . |
| 4 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 5 | The voting continued throughout Monday night , eight candidates putting themselves forward for the honour . |
| 6 | Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title . |
| 7 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 8 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |