Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't really I mean I think I do n't know maybe working for a char firm of chartered surveyors you have I mean it 's the same system is n't working as a dogsbody and then maybe |
| 2 | I did n't know specifically asking for a sleeping tablet . |
| 3 | After all , as Deborah Hutton , health editor of Vogue , put it : ‘ If you 're the sort of person who frowns , even if you do wear these things for an hour while you exercise , you 'll carry on frowning for the rest of the day after you 've taken them off . ’ |
| 4 | Now that 's settled can I carry on moping for a few hours more ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'm afraid I ca n't see much changing for the red scouse game on saturday , though . |
| 6 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
| 7 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 8 | Your Committee will , of course , go on working for the continuation of the Line , but we need your help and your influence — GO BY TRAIN , TRAVEL ON THE HEART OF WALES LINE . |
| 9 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 10 | the game is on monday … broadcasted live over here in europe by SkySport. which means that halvard will leave home heading for a pub with SkySport and probably a pint or five ( depends on the result ) … |
| 11 | Probably , you will end up paying for a remix . |
| 12 | It is not yet known , however , who will end up paying for the Juno project , currently being supported by the London-based Moscow Narodny Bank . |
| 13 | Local people , who never wanted the event to be held are angry that they could end up paying for the three-day police operation . |
| 14 | No it 's normally from Saturday morning till Sunday morning I just think we 'll end up going for the day but he said , he 's got Gerry coming up from Hull to mind the shop on Saturday , he said oh you 're tired and you need a change and a rest he said something like erm |
| 15 | ‘ I never thought I 'd end up working for a bossy woman . ’ |
| 16 | Users have to ensure that the software works for them and they do not end up working for the software . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't go around looking for a job , ’ he said , ‘ though I 'm flattered by the speculation . |
| 18 | We ca n't stand around waiting for the fingerprints man , he could be hours . ’ |
| 19 | Er so so when you left school how did you go about looking for a job ? |
| 20 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 21 | Do I start tomorrow looking for a new paper , because the Echo ca n't be doing with a man who lacks the bloody human touch ? |
| 22 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |
| 23 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |