Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | A charter of Charles the Bald in 875 exempted the peasants of St-Philibert , Tournus , in Burgundy from market dues " whether they are trading for the abbey or for themselves " . |
| 2 | Ferranti continued with presentations yesterday to the group of more than 10 companies believed to have expressed an interest in bidding for the company or providing it with equity capital . |
| 3 | The Innovation Award applied to firms applying for the Fledgling or the Enterprise Award . |
| 4 | Noone was looking for the ball or running into space . |
| 5 | One of the most obvious places to start looking for the existence or not of inequality between different social groups is the amount of income that people earn , since money is so important in our society . |
| 6 | I walked the length of the main street twice , looking for the inn or a place of refreshment . |
| 7 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 8 | But the company 's Canadian parent , The Thomson Corporation , lost ground on its publishing side after providing for the sale or closure of titles in the UK and north America . |
| 9 | Each project requires specific conditions but the general thrust will be to secure guaranteed or priority access for target participants/bodies , at charges which are not disadvantageous compared to the normal level of charging for the facility or type of facility . |
| 10 | And he was previously in , in prison for del for handing out leaflets , er asking for the Independence or the separation of his bit of Serbia was n't he , from , from the , from the rest . |
| 11 | Firstly , they could send requests to Paris asking for the abolition or limitation of the judicial control of the Parlement in Paris over the duchy 's courts . |
| 12 | Stopping people by asking for the time or change is a favourite mugging trick — especially when there is more than one attacker . |
| 13 | The visit is not ‘ unsolicited , ’ and therefore the Regulations do not apply , if the customer has expressly requested the visit , e.g. by completing and returning a reply paid card asking for the visit or by telephoning asking for it . |
| 14 | ‘ You running for the council or something ? ’ |
| 15 | Unlike most of those reading for the Bar or enrolled in university he felt a responsibility for less privileged Africans washed up on British shores , mainly seamen , who had no recognised place in Britain . |
| 16 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 17 | We returned to our chamber and spent the rest of the day preparing for the banquet or listening to Doctor Agrippa . |
| 18 | ’ . Prior to the establishment of the modern police system , the control of this underclass was the responsibility of the army working for the monarch or government . |
| 19 | Dr Daniel told The Art Newspaper that ‘ someone , either working for the family or an independent speculative dealer , has already approached the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offering the collection ’ , and that ‘ a private Spanish gallery was offered the Kramar collection from someone in Japan ’ . |
| 20 | Hannah 's film was transmitted at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday , 30 January 1973 , to an audience approaching five million — a very respectable rating for a documentary shown at a time when most people are either retiring for the night or thinking about it . |