Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 2 | Sure Ji he came in looking for Jim one morning and Jim was n't there , says he 's in bed so listen I said do you wan na go up and waken him like fuck Jim says when Acky woke me I said what you mean he give you a kiss and he woke you up . |
| 3 | ‘ The story goes , ’ I told him , as we drove up to Llanberis after meeting at Bangor station , ‘ that you were in the Radziel and a woman came in collecting for charity . |
| 4 | Ianthe remembered as she walked along looking for number 28 that her dressmaker had lived very near here , but somehow , after she had made one or two mourning dresses for her after her mother had died , Ianthe had lost touch with her . |
| 5 | When I left Nellie I hung about waiting for Dad 's protection but he did n't appear . |
| 6 | I was interested in the waves of immigration into Britain both pre-historically and later , and I kept on looking for proposals which would represent this both in multi-cultural and archaeological terms . |
| 7 | So they kept on going for goals ; did n't get any , but it was n't for the lack of trying ; Southend 0 ; Oxford 3 . |
| 8 | She went on begging for forgiveness . |
| 9 | But I went on grubbing for wood . |
| 10 | You remember I said I went off looking for Nicola ? ’ |
| 11 | Not even the time he was dunked head first in a tub of dubious liquid , and brought up gasping for breath : ‘ Make him sing God Save the Queen ! ’ they shouted . |
| 12 | As a result , many of AEA 's bright scientists and engineers went out hunting for work . |
| 13 | The two men went about readying for flight , with practised , unspoken efficiency . |
| 14 | When she gave up modelling for religion , Matisse was distraught . |
| 15 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
| 16 | Tycoon Ivan Leech carried on selling for cleaning-aids company Kleeneze despite his secret fortune . |
| 17 | Did you notice , Sir Edmund , when we were trying to force the door of the church , how Rachel and her mother hurried along shouting for Damien through the window ? |
| 18 | Defender David Bardsley is ruled out of today 's match at Southampton by an ankle injury picked up playing for England in Spain , while Andy Sinton is also very doubtful with a sore foot . |
| 19 | In Opposition days , Heath the permanent secretary manqué set about preparing for government with a will . |