Example sentences of "[v-ing] on the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway coach Olsen actually before this game mentioned that some players was knocking on the door for a place — Fjortoft and Sorloth has kind of been out of form recently . |
| 2 | So glorious and yet so very real that if we by faith , and if we have by faith looked to Jesus Christ dying on the cross for us and received him , now , not there of course , but risen , and ascended , and glorified is promising that we ha will pass , or we have passed from death unto life . |
| 3 | There is also some Strat-style comfort contouring on the body for the ribcage and forearm . |
| 4 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 5 | We have been living on the edge for a number of weeks waiting for this decision to be made known . ’ |
| 6 | It 's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks . |
| 7 | It 's not worth looking on the box for the news because it 's , they 'll be nothing new . |
| 8 | Scottish Members of Parliament who were serving on the Committee for the Enterprise and New Towns ( Scotland ) Bill regarding the central provision of core functions in Scottish Enterprise ; |
| 9 | These have included representatives of many disciplines beyond the comparatively narrow world of literature and linguistics , notably the librarian and cataloguers serving on the TEI Documentation Committee , and the historians serving on the workgroups for historical texts and physical description . |
| 10 | The greater the complexity of systems , the more danger of something going wrong , and the less chance individual will has of operating on the systems for good . |
| 11 | Another kind of hazard was already looming on the horizon for the weaker peasant elements . |
| 12 | It meant fixing on the smiles for the photographers … who were not so much interested in the intricacies of skating as Christopher Dean 's private life recently under scrutiny in the tabloid press . |
| 13 | Has a majestic soaring and gliding flight , with wing-tips splayed out and upturned , often remaining on the wing for hours at a time . |
| 14 | what she crying for ? , what she going on the street for if she do n't like it ? , silly idiot |
| 15 | In reality a number of formal principles are employed in deciding on the support for , and recommendation of , schools for inclusion in the project . |
| 16 | Complicating the whole issue is the fact that the US is still deciding on the future for all its remote-sensing satellites . |
| 17 | I said on the 14th that the equivalent of 25 million tonnes of coal gas contracts had been given , with a further equivalent of 10 million tonnes lying on the table for the Secretary of State to sanction . |
| 18 | In similar materials but totally contrasting style , the Luton Hoo Louis XV ebonised kingwood and Chinese lacquer commode by Bernard II van Risamburgh ( lot 73 ) was more successful , selling on the telephone for £600,000 ( $1.09 million ; est. £300,000-500,000 ) . |
| 19 | A paramedic crew from Mersey Regional Ambulance was waiting on the beach for Mr Ross and they took him to Southport and Formby District and General Hospital but he died shortly afterwards . |
| 20 | Essentially those who felt themselves to be excluded from power decided to support a perfectly plausible claimant to the throne who had been waiting on the sidelines for such a following to materialize . |
| 21 | Gigantic , monstrous and powerful ; waiting on the stairs for him to open the door wide , so that it could seize him , drag him away and do to him what it had done to Pearce ? |
| 22 | After pleasing the crowds for nearly 40 years , Neil Coles is still turning on the style for the PGA European Seniors ' Tour . |
| 23 | He had four chances of piling on the agony for the Londoners but could not find a way past keeper Bob Bolder . |
| 24 | If any modules have been nominated for deletion at the end of a MINTEG run then the LIFESPAN manager and managers of any modules nominated are sent mail messages reporting on the nominations for deletion . |
| 25 | They are parasitic on fish , feeding on the blood for three months before dropping off as miniature mussels . |
| 26 | Commenting on the prospects for the debate , John Appleby , Chairman of the Society 's Courts and Legal Services Committee , said : |
| 27 | Commenting on the expectations for growth , Mr Lamont said the first report of the Panel of Independent Forecasters , formed to demonstrate that the Government decisions were not based on one single forecast , predicted growth in 1993 of between 0.25 and 2 per cent , with an average of just over 1 per cent . |
| 28 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 29 | The only possible change may be Steve Tilson , who was substituted by Kevin O'Callaghan on Saturday , staying on the sidelines for the Northern Ireland international . |
| 30 | Oh the this iron 's fraying on the end for some reason . |