Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was n't just about poison pen letters , and bringing her here for her own safety . |
| 2 | But now I really can not justify repacking them and squirrelling them away for another 40 years . |
| 3 | When you replace the receiver after calling them , you get caught up at once by all the other pressing demands on your time , while they , in some cases , may be left sitting in a silent room , turning over everything you have said , and sifting it eagerly for confirmation of your real affection and concern for them . |
| 4 | For him it would simply have been a matter of bringing the girl along , telling my mother she was coming with them and paying her handsomely for the hardship occasioned . ’ |
| 5 | Rounding the bend from the top path down towards the stable she was brandishing a stick , beating the cows ' dripping rumps and cursing them aloud for refusing to hurry . |