Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After tossing and turning for another while , Amiss fell into a deep sleep from which he was woken less than an hour and a half later by his alarm clock . |
| 2 | JOHAN TUMBA , the Swedish professional found guilty of cheating and banned for 10 years in January , had the sentence reduced to three years on appeal yesterday . |
| 3 | Kelly was pushing and kicking for all she was worth , with her stick working in her left hand . |
| 4 | Today it means in terms of a hierarchy of pedagogical responsibilities that the individual and the individual family have a primary role , which they carry out through contracting and engaging for specific purposes the services of ‘ free ’ organizations according to their private ideological orientation , and only as a last resort does the state intervene directly . |
| 5 | Good learning environments are more than the sum of their parts ; they are exciting , attractive , motivating and challenging for those within them . |
| 6 | It was all extremely arousing and lasted for two whole hours . |
| 7 | Since the state was largely responsible for initiating and paying for mass education , it was able to establish greater control over teachers . |
| 8 | Sprinkle the flour over , stirring and cook for 1 minute . |
| 9 | I think repeated cautioning and cautioning for serious offences are completely unacceptable and I know you do to . |
| 10 | At midday , he always took a half-hour break , sitting in the kitchen armchair with his feet up on a stool , nibbling toast and dripping and preparing for another long afternoon behind the counter . |
| 11 | As for the muggers who injure first and rob later , there is only one thing you can do : keep your eyes open , be aware of people around you , know what they are doing and look for likely ambush spots . |
| 12 | When he came out he worked for some years at a stud-farm at Henley ( Suffolk ) ; then he went back to smithing and worked for many years at Needham Market , a large village near Ipswich : |
| 13 | The Royal National Institute for the Blind has been educating and caring for blind people for one hundred and 25 years . |
| 14 | The disquiet and consternation he had set up among the brothers would go on echoing and re-echoing for some time , while he who had caused it had recoiled into numbness and exhaustion . |
| 15 | But to Perdita they appeared curiously passive , sitting and waiting for some man to make them unhappy . |
| 16 | what 's harder I wonder swimming , cycling and running for fifty miles or driving a racing car at top speed … |
| 17 | The local Trades Councils were nonetheless able to organise quite effectively around demands for city improvements and municipalisation of utilities , campaigned against excessive salaries for local bureaucrats , and had an important role in discussing and pushing for parliamentary reform . |
| 18 | A one time marine and lifelong sailor Bob Shepton has always wanted to sail around the world … for three years he 's been planning and preparing for this voyage … |
| 19 | In order for us to maximise our returns to our shareholders we must continue to examine every facet of our business , question our way of working and look for greater efficiency . |
| 20 | The University , through UnivEd , is a major provider of high-quality training , updating and reskilling for Scottish , European and international industry , commerce and government , with a comprehensive programme of courses , seminars and conferences presented by some 2,400 academics — acknowledged experts in their particular fields . |
| 21 | The hardwoods ; Oak , Walnut and Cherry , are fully seasoned and we guarantee them against warping and splitting for 5 years . |