Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 2 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 3 | Yvonne Harper-Wake , who puts scores of women through her Tums & Bums exercise classes , replied : ‘ Most people phoned hoping for a magic remedy but it does n't exist . |
| 4 | So Clemente and his FA were taken aback when England returned from the Swedish disaster and began pushing for an away fixture at anywhere in Spain that could be called ‘ cool ’ . |
| 5 | Since it would be a temporary work programme , and not a training scheme , these ‘ intermediate workers ’ would be paid the weekly rate for the job , minus the pay for the day spent searching for an alternative form of employment . |
| 6 | He immediately began studying for a new career in the treatment room . |
| 7 | He decided , though , it would be best to do it alone and started searching for a new workshop where he could work in secret on a new plan . |
| 8 | He started racing for a small local manufacturer . |
| 9 | At around the time of the publication of the draft statutes for the proposed European central bank ( November 1990 ) , the Germans started calling for a quick move to a two-speed EMU , with only Germany 's immediate neighbours joining the ecu zone . |
| 10 | YOUNG brothers learning to play golf went looking for a lost ball — and found an abandoned baby . |
| 11 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 12 | I was on time but kept waiting for a few minutes so that the assembled Health Authority Chairmen and administrators could pass a motion condemning the Government 's offer as divisive . |
| 13 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 14 | he said looking for a little boy who can do building work |
| 15 | County put one across Chester in the Coca-Cola Cup and Francis put opposing keeper Billy Stewart — 6ft 2in and 13 ½ st — in hospital after they collided going for a 50–50 ball . |
| 16 | Wooderson continued running for a few years , winning the European 5,000 metres and stretching his span of achievement from world record breaker at half-mile to national cross-country champion over nine miles in 1949 . |
| 17 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |
| 18 | ’ The Colonel and his two juniors stood listening for an intense half minute until they all three felt uneasy holding the pose for so long . |
| 19 | I stood staring for a long while . |
| 20 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |