Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I can not bear the darkness and have to keep on relighting the candle , fumbling for the matches in the total darkness . |
| 2 | Without conscious thought she found she was pushing her hands inside his shirt , fumbling for the buttons in a frenzy of haste which made him smile against her lips . |
| 3 | These results suggest that ( allowing for the differences in trading hours between markets ) , information from foreign stock markets is reflected in the Finnish index futures market within a few hours , but not in the underlying spot market . |
| 4 | Allowing for the differences in stance has far more chance of success : then it is just a question of deciding which way the ball will fly from certain lies . |
| 5 | Even allowing for the similarities in language in these respects , however , the Conservative proposals sometimes had a different content from the Redcliffe-Maud approach . |
| 6 | Bingham hit out after Charlton had written-off Northern Ireland 's chances of qualifying for the finals in the United States in two years . |
| 7 | Chapuisat , whose ambition is to play in Italy , feels that if the Scots lose on Wednesday then he and his team mates will take a gigantic stride towards qualifying for the finals in America . |
| 8 | Now the Australians are bidding for the Olympics in the year 2000 , the plan being to hoist the Olympic rings at the SCG . |
| 9 | The papers of counsel acting for the plaintiffs in a pending action in the Commercial Court were mistakenly sent to the solicitors for the other side . |
| 10 | They began training for the finals in January involving twice-weekly practice sessions in the Barlaston canteen after work . |
| 11 | We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix . |
| 12 | Certainly , this does not have to be prenominal ; we can also expect it to turn up in postnominal attribution , and it does , in sentences like ( 13 ) ( a ) and ( b ) : ( 13 ) ( a ) the fish gutted lay waiting for the wholesalers ( b ) the fish , gutted , lay waiting for the wholesalers In the background of ( a ) , but not of ( b ) , there are other fish which have not undergone the same treatment . |
| 13 | Chesarynth leant back against the wall , holding her throbbing hand and waiting for the knives in her head to dissolve . |
| 14 | Yes , er , erm , er , to demonstrate all the previous er , developments that we , we 've undertaken and community care is not the cheap alternative , it 's er , it 's considerably more expensive , er , four hundred and eighty now and four hundred thousand represents a difference that we 've estimated between the care coming in from hospital , and in care er , envisaged by providing for the residents in the community . |
| 15 | There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision . |
| 16 | A summary of the results accounting for the differences in expressed PLC activities is shown in Fig. 2 a ; this shows that the net increase in inositol phosphate formation induced by βγ t was about fivefold higher for cells expressing PLC- β2 than for cells expressing PLC- β1 . |
| 17 | I think the only danger of looking at E D P , is that if we 're doing for the guys in the office , then what do we do with the supervisors ? |
| 18 | STANDARD LEVEL OF SERVICE : These amounts are the Government 's view , for the purpose of sharing out Government Standard Spending Grant ( see next note ) , of the appropriate level of spending for the authorities in your area to enable them to provide broadly a standard level of service , taking into account the particular circumstances of the area . |
| 19 | The airfield 's codename was " Vino " and was near Epernay , the only thing I can remember of that occasion was that we got lost and had to ask for a radio steer from the ground station , We were anxious to get back there because the next evening Gracie Fields was performing for the troops in a local theatre , Of the visit to Prague ( which we never found ) . |
| 20 | It was also first time she had been back to Earth since being drafted into Spacefleet , escaping , and running for the stars in a clapped-out old trading ship owned by a clapped-out old trader . |
| 21 | It was required reading for the Royals in Balmoral this weekend . |
| 22 | She has to turn to Thomas J for friendship in a bitter-sweet comedy that 'll have you reaching for the hankies in no time . |
| 23 | In addition to playing for the clubs in league competitions she also enjoys pairs and triples games with fellow bowlers . |
| 24 | It seems unlikely to be a powerful statement of meaning for the participants in a cultural context that tells and hears the myth — the myth has its meaning in its content . |
| 25 | He also hated war , but had given his life to working for the down-and-outs in London . |