Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 In terms of giving teachers more chances to learn and to develop it comes down to releasing them for as long as they can with some financial help , some doubling-up of teaching and a well-organized use of locally managed funds .
2 He ended up by selling it for £500 to Mr Staples , from whom he originally bought the site for the same sum .
3 He sounded depressed by the thought , but then cheered himself up by asking me for a beer .
4 The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment .
5 The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment .
6 I 'm … er … afraid I did n't get round to doing anything for the understudies . ’
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