Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ascent was arduous and prolonged , twisting and turning upwards for more than twelve kilometres to the pass , almost a thousand metres high . |
| 2 | We decided that we would like to spend much of our available time in the far north , beyond the Arctic Circle so , taking turns at driving and stopping only for fuel and occasional snacks , we thrashed on up the ‘ spine ’ of Norway through spectacular mountain scenery to Trondheim . |
| 3 | His wet , cold body was aching and calling out for a hot meal and warm bed . |
| 4 | Establishing a positive self-image does not depend on a cheery morale boost , but on appropriating the promises of God and praying and planning expectantly for their outworking in the situations in which God has already placed us or challenged us to become involved . |
| 5 | He is looking up and out to sea in a southerly direction , and looking and listening desperately for sight or sound of Middleton — but that was not to be . |
| 6 | To do this they arranged a movable slit to open for a wide ΔΕ when the photodiode array is operating and close up for a narrow ΔΕ for the spectral detector . |
| 7 | After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man . |
| 8 | When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser , only to find nobody there . |
| 9 | And we 've been waiting and waiting and waiting now for a week to get this reconciliation at least together so that we could go out and re-count whatever was required . |
| 10 | He put a neck-lock on the youth he was holding and looked around for help . |
| 11 | He so often searched for the positive , supporting and standing up for CUM and Bermondsey . |
| 12 | Broadly speaking , sound was good but Mr Ponor felt the sound of the carriage at the beginning was a little distracting and went on for too long . |
| 13 | They heard him dialling and speaking tersely for a moment . |
| 14 | We sat drinking and talking together for a while . |
| 15 | This simply means that instead of bending and scuffling around for saucepans stacked up in a dark base unit , try hanging them from hooks near the sink ( where you are going to fill them with water ) or near the stove . |