Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [noun] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The milkmen have been watching out for customers who lay their part in the community , are good neighbour , keep a watchful eye on elderly residents , or putting nuts out for the birds . |
| 2 | Sexton made four changes at half-time , replacing Woods with Martyn , Dixon with Sterland and Linighan with Pallister and bringing Newell on for Wright . |
| 3 | I thought everyone was going to recognise me on the street , ’ Now his favourite leisure activities are watching television — ‘ I call it my sofa therapy ’ — and having friends over for dinner . |
| 4 | She 's getting a a carrier and putting things in for her . |
| 5 | Classroom talk , despite the apparent conversational liveliness of many classrooms , could be shown on closer examination to be somewhat impoverished and unchallenging , with a general tendency to discourage children from asking their own questions and thinking things out for themselves , and a lack of informative feedback . |