Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 2 | According to Lotus associate director Albert Adams — a world authority on composites and the man who , 30 years ago , was told by Chapman to ‘ learn all about glass-fibre ’ — it could be from the escalating costs of tooling up for pressed-steel car production . |
| 3 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 4 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 5 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 6 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 7 | A daring horseman , whose racing and pig-sticking had developed strong nerves in his robust frame , he scorned Charley Head 's suggestion — and the signals officer was not battle-shy — of looking out for snipers . |
| 8 | The only difference in this case is that , instead of looking out for bees , Pooh gets Rabbit to say something ( 'Yes ' ) which he hears ( i.e. directly observes ) and understands ( i.e. takes to say , as a response to his question , that it 's a sign of honey ) . |
| 9 | So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away . |
| 10 | ‘ And what date are you thinking of pencilling in for our wedding ? ’ she asked . |
| 11 | They therefore received the doubtful honour of pouring out for some two hundred ladies , regardless of the fact that it was a very arduous and tiring task . |
| 12 | Playing with other children , joining group activities , spending time in the park and playground — they 're all important parts of growing up for pre-school children . |
| 13 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 14 | I was thinking of going up for something myself , but I really ca n't be bothered to move actually . |
| 15 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 17 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 18 | Austin , Texas-based , Tivoli Systems Inc has appointed Chris Grafft as vice president of Unix development : the distributed management software company , which has collected $6m in venture money so far , is thinking of going out for a ‘ few million ’ more in a third round . |
| 19 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 20 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 21 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 22 | So in that sense , the build the , the equities have kept pace , but if you think in the short term , you 'll always be out of , out of order with shares , if you 're thinking of going in for three or four years , you you 're likely to get your fingers burnt . |
| 23 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 24 | Normally , I say , I do n't see the point of staying in for this . |
| 25 | In short , unless there is somebody behind the idea willing to take the risk of speaking up for it , the idea will evaporate and disappear . |
| 26 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |
| 27 | Instead of coming up for medical attention he was just sitting there , looking white , and Ruth was sitting next to him . |
| 28 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 29 | The hon. Lady had the advantage of slipping out for an hour , when no doubt she managed to get hold of that news . |
| 30 | The shoes and socks might be on the floor if the patient is capable of reaching down for them . |