Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 2 | Sanguinetti 's faction of the PC , although not opposed to privatization as such , opposed Lacalle 's plan to sell off state assets through direct negotiations with potential buyers rather than putting them up for public tender . |
| 3 | If this , combined with its vivid display of black and white fur , does not deter the enemy , it may then start swaying its body back and forth as if cranking itself up for action . |
| 4 | Any manager who does handle the artist 's money is taking a foolish risk , as well as letting themselves in for an enormous amount of unnecessary work . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've heard so much about you , ’ she said to me , as though settling herself in for a long cosy chat . |