Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They got it when Inzamam was short of speed returning for a second run , and Malcolm 's throw from third man was slickly relayed by Russell to the bowler 's end . |
| 2 | Second time around was more impressive with the Swilers overwhelmed 61–7 as outside-half Gareth Rees provided four tries and eight conversions before returning for a second season of club rugby in France . |
| 3 | Skinner continued in that appointment at Munsterlager and Catterick , before returning for a third tour in Northern Ireland , during which he was again mentioned in despatches . |
| 4 | ( b ) List 5 important items of information which should appear in a letter of application written by a person applying for a first job . |
| 5 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 6 | Two teenegers … one fifteen the other ninteen … are still helping police with their inquiries … they 're still hunting for a third man . |
| 7 | One try resulted in a pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage , but the couple are saving for a second try . |
| 8 | Wivenhoe Town have never won the competition and are looking for a first success to complete a meteoric rise to the summit of the Essex non-league football hierarchy . |
| 9 | Soccer : Border League Wormingford FC are looking for a first team manager for next season . |
| 10 | They 're hoping retired people , or those looking for a second home in the country will stump up the cash . |
| 11 | Digital Equipment Corp chief executive Robert Palmer has reiterated that the company is looking for a second source to manufacture its Alpha RISC chips . |
| 12 | Many bright ideas — and failed ideas looking for a second lease on life — are being put forward as ways of converting weapon-grade plutonium into a form too awkward for the weapon-minded to bother with . |
| 13 | But if you are looking for a 21st century Polo , you will have to wait at least three years until the genuinely all-new one . |
| 14 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 15 | Going for a second run , Lancashire 's captain was at full stretch as Alan Mullally 's return from long leg thudded into the gloves of wicketkeeper Paul Nixon who took off the bails . |
| 16 | I 'd promised myself then and there : I was n't going for a second appointment . |
| 17 | The estate agent is selling for a third party and it would be totally wrong that his client should suffer because of the false window-dressing of his agent . |
| 18 | This was Mayall 's first Hollywood film and he should n't hold his breath waiting for a second chance . |
| 19 | Nicandra was standing waiting for a second turn at her reflection , her attitude a droop of pure unhappiness . |
| 20 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 21 | That was how the first New Internationalist editorial began , back in March 1973 , calling for a second front in rich countries that would help the people of the Third World in their war on poverty . |
| 22 | When the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and the first killings began , one might have expected these siren voices calling for a third way to fall silent . |
| 23 | All of these students were full time or sandwich undergraduates aiming for a first degree and enrolled on a course of three or more years duration . |
| 24 | There were faces at the barrier , people craning for a last look . |
| 25 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 26 | A certain section of the nation had tried to make Winston 's life a misery by begging for a second front . |
| 27 | Well no , we got two in the sidelines , we got this Indian guy who was not coming for a second interview until we can say we 'll pay him |
| 28 | The act of controlling for a third variable can have many possible results . |
| 29 | Hopefully I will be fully fit and fighting for a first team place in two weeks . ’ |
| 30 | On June 21 Kurt Waldheim , 72 , announced that he would not be standing for a second term as President in the elections due in 1992 . |