Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adv prt] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew it was n't healthy or good for me to spend so many hours thinking about eating and cooking up plans for new diets or exercise programmes . |
| 2 | One childless career woman described the scene when she discussed having a child and giving up work for a while . |
| 3 | This commitment has manifested itself in many ways , e.g. sending out people to speak at schools , inviting school groups to tour the centre , awarding business scholarships to sixth formers and taking on pupils for work experience . |
| 4 | Equipment for location photography and lending out equipment for expedition use also held . |
| 5 | If height permits , I then like to make a series of stalls using large amounts of rudder and handing over control for a quick recovery , moving the stick forward and using normal stick and rudder together to bring the wings level . |
| 6 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 7 | He may be mute for some minutes and have difficulty in naming objects and carrying out commands for a little while thereafter . |
| 8 | In such conditions as prevailed in the last phase of the Weimar Republic , of the total discrediting of a State system based upon pluralist politics , the ‘ functional ’ leadership of the bureaucrat and the Party politician as the representatives of the impersonal ‘ rational-legal ’ form of political domination , imposing laws and carrying out functions for which they are not personally responsible and with which they are not identifiable , lost credibility . |
| 9 | Duties include preparing apparatus and setting up equipment for use in practical classes . |
| 10 | The National Children 's Home wants the government to re-think the provision it makes for young people , increasing benefits for those on training courses and setting up grants for those leaving care . |
| 11 | She was also busy , through Posi , acknowledging and agreeing and setting up con-ordinates for this new meeting . |
| 12 | And she would still be listening to Mama 's complaining and thinking up excuses for not having the wedding just yet , which had n't been fair of her , really , because she did want to marry Charlie . |
| 13 | ( Walt , 1988 ) They ended up being ‘ just another pair of hands ’ to the nursing services , distributing contraceptives and following up defaulters for tuberculosis and family planning . |
| 14 | John said : ‘ By reducing our holding in this block we are spreading our risk and freeing up funds for development elsewhere . |
| 15 | Buchan fitted the bill perfectly ; he was an experienced , thoughtful player who was always seeking to improve his performance and working out moves for the next game . |
| 16 | Far and wide over the common-grazing 's green undulations the encampments spread , colourful tents and pavilions erected for the lords , chiefs and great ones , banners fluttering in the October breeze , cooking-fires smoking , horse-lines being watered , smiths busy shoeing and beating out iron for spear and axe heads , troops and squadrons practising formation riding , infantry deploying to form squares , hedgehogs and wheelings-in-line , trumpets and horns sounding , captains shouting commands — and half the citizenry and dogs of Edinburgh out to watch and add to the din . |