Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section One began by asking for demographic information : gender , school , subject(s) taught , years in teaching and status in school . |
| 2 | I never really planned on feeding for this long — it just happened . |
| 3 | I thought about sending for that |
| 4 | There were moments when she thought of looking for outside help but there was really no one she could turn to . |
| 5 | They relaxed , sagging apart , but lay without moving for some time after the car had departed . |
| 6 | One even insisted on continuing for longer . |
| 7 | Roberts , who pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in his breath , was given an absolute discharge but banned from driving for 12 months . |
| 8 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 9 | If a mispricing remained after allowing for one of three different levels of transactions costs , this constituted a signal to engage in arbitrage . |
| 10 | They sat on arguing for three hours while Ella went into the other end of the house and sang quietly to the baby and wee Alex came home filthy from playing and sat drowsily beside the fire , chewing at the bones of the fowl . |
| 11 | Why she stayed on waiting for that phone call Leith could n't have said , though she thought her very large concern about paying her mortgage had something to do with it . |