Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , there will be no alternative before long … and the gradual process is much better than waiting for the axe to fall . ’ |
| 2 | The tax on fossil fuels proposed by the European Commission would be less costly than paying for the damage caused by acid rain , according to a report by Greenpeace . |
| 3 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 4 | This occurs when a firm continually has to ‘ look over its shoulder ’ and concentrate on short-term performance targets in order to try and maintain its share price , rather than planning for the future . |
| 5 | She examined her hands , white with chalk , as if looking for the source of some small pain , then gave up on that and began to dust herself down . |
| 6 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 7 | They will only get help if they can not easily realise savings of the person who died to pay for the bill , or if paying for the bill brought their own family savings below £500 . |
| 8 | St. Leonard 's Street became the centre of operations ; the Olive Branch Inn ( no. 3 , in existence c.1826–1959 ) was the bullards ' headquarters and the Royal Oak ( no. 60 , in existence c.1796–1906 ) provided stabling for the bull . |
| 9 | She took my arm , fingers digging through several layers of clothing , as if reaching for the bone . |
| 10 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 11 | When , in the last play of the Henry VI trilogy , the future Richard III is presenting to the audience his capabilities — as if auditioning for the role of hypocrite — he exults at being able to By grouping all those exempla of deceit Shakespeare makes us unconscious of the initial role-playing of the actor involved , alerting us to the deceptions he is about to foist on others . |
| 12 | If backing for the research is forthcoming , voice activated cash dispensers could be on the High Street within two years . |
| 13 | If drafting for the buyer , the objectives are : 1 To ensure that the supplier performs/delivers. 2 To obtain the maximum product support from the supplier . |
| 14 | With these factors in mind , it can be seen that , if drafting for the supplier , the drafter 's objectives are : 1 To ensure that the buyer accepts the goods/services supplied and does not reject goods or terminate the contract . |
| 15 | However , most of the literature does not satisfactorily account for the simultaneous determination of wages and membership while allowing for the interaction between the free rider problem and workers ' tastes . |
| 16 | Gregory sees her as the prime mover in this , while allowing for the importance of divine intervention in Clovis 's victory against the Alamans . |
| 17 | Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content . |
| 18 | Specific offline requests from LIFESPAN users are included while checking for the limit having been reached . ) |
| 19 | Earlier in the day , while looking for the swimming-pool , I had found myself in a park containing the largest number of fire-engines I had ever seen . |
| 20 | He also looked for signs of abnormal radioactivity in the vicinity while seeking for the source of the heat and gas but nothing significant turned up . |
| 21 | While waiting for the call-up , various opportunities or openings of an official nature came my way , and I was summoned for interview , usually at extremely short notice , in connection with some of them . |
| 22 | course in Education at Southampton University while waiting for the divorce to come through , but while I like Oman , I do not feel ‘ stretched ’ in this post and also ( now I have reached the age of fifty ) miss being in England with children and family . |
| 23 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 24 | It was lunchtime so I bought a packet of Jaffa Cakes and more lager , which I drank while waiting for the ferry to start boarding . |
| 25 | While waiting for the kettle to boil , she stood at the window watching the rain . |
| 26 | A BIRDS EYE VIEW : Visitors make the most of the sideshows while waiting for the start of It 's a Knockout and Superstars . |
| 27 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
| 28 | For John Prescot today , not a discrete silence while waiting for the leader 's call , he was making it clear that he wanted a swap to one of the top economic jobs . |
| 29 | While waiting for the bath to fill , she reflected on a fragmentary dream which , thanks to Dmitri , had surfaced in her memory . |
| 30 | Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke while waiting for the rescue teams to arrive . |