Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 2 | More typically , the individual child stands at the teacher 's desk , muttering or stentoriously chanting for a few minutes , until checked by the ticking of a card which is slipped into the reading book at the page he or she has reached , or is expected to reach " by next time " . |
| 3 | They have not chosen the new family and they may not feel love or even liking for the new partner . |
| 4 | Therefore , I recommend either giving the instrument a thorough test , or else asking for an opinion by an optical expert . |
| 5 | Women are peculiarly fitted for the onerous task of patiently and skilfully caring for the patient in faithful obedience to the physician 's orders . |
| 6 | I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me . |
| 7 | It is pleasant to think of the two new Cuddesdon students , pushing their bicycles up the hill together from Wheatley station that July day of 1927 , and so meeting for the first time . |
| 8 | Well I , I 'm having some difficulty in keeping my remarks addressed to question A and not drifting into question B because obviously Leeds City Council and perhaps speaking for the rest of West Yorkshire 's concerned about regeneration effects . |
| 9 | A fuming Jackson said : ‘ I spent 40 minutes walking up and down looking for an official , and later two hours near the control centre , but nothing happened . ’ |
| 10 | The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting . |
| 11 | Clearly , this policing role , giving legal form to religious doctrine , and generally making for an ordered and ‘ tidy ’ society , was never successfully performed . |
| 12 | I think you know I was con trying to concentrate on getting the facts over and doing it properly and not listening for the comments so much and thinking more you know what , what can I get out of this here erm |
| 13 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 14 | And not waiting for an answer , he went into his room , moving jauntily . |
| 15 | This can too easily move into saving endangered species and not caring for the Minke whales , the Harp seals , or the East African mammals . |
| 16 | A further small group of species prefer to live , male and female , in pairs , the bonding occurring on sexual maturity and normally extending for the life span of the individuals . |
| 17 | This is not an amalgamation for its own sake , it is not an amalgamation to manage a continuing and more comfortable decline , it 's not bolting together two super unions into one mega union and just hoping for the best . |
| 18 | ‘ How can you respect bashing in a bolt and just waiting for a robot to take over your job ? |
| 19 | It was much more the sheer vitality and range of committed ability , lay and clerical , present in the Church at that time and just waiting for a new lead . |
| 20 | I remember driving down to Leith on that Friday night , and just going for a walk and thinking that the next time the sun came up I would be playing at Murrayfield . |
| 21 | The fingerboard is wide and again lends itself well to rock styles , although if you 're into slinging guitars around your knees and just going for the chords there 's plenty of meat to get hold of . |
| 22 | He was into his stride early in the session , dipping under world champion Ayrton Senna 's record pole time set last year and finally settling for a best lap of 1min 15.703sec , at an average speed of 127.799mph . |
| 23 | Companies such as Home Care and Nursing Services , Care Concern and Care Services provide home helps , nursing auxiliaries and care attendants , meals cooked in the home and home nursing for the terminally ill . |
| 24 | Whilst he was chasing girls ( or were the girls chasing him ? ) and always looking for an easy pound or two , I was deeply concerned by the deteriorating political situation . |
| 25 | But with half an hour gone the poor quality of United 's final ball had left Cantona stranded and still looking for a chance to put some flesh on Ferguson 's bold predictions . |
| 26 | A major purveyor of Tory gossip and still looking for a job . |
| 27 | He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content . |
| 28 | Even allowing for the fact that television programmes are necessarily selective choosing shocking cases to illustrate the point , and also allowing for the evident confusion with the programme caused by pre-1 April material combined with a post-1 April dialogue , some disturbing situations were illustrated . |
| 29 | ’ Powerful prose , and really fitting for The Wedding Present , who have always avoided preciousness and pretence , two qualities in which The Smiths wallowed . |
| 30 | What , and now going for a head , hit the bar . |