Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not look up as he struggled to open the door and stepped inside , where he stood perfectly still , hardly daring to breathe for fear of dropping his awkwardly held gift . |
| 2 | She had few friends in the locality , preferring to go for long walks in the nearby countryside with the family dog , until , that is , Ronald Travis took up his duties in the signal box . |
| 3 | The Laboratory is catering to demand for local chips from Taiwanese Sparcsystem builders such as Tatung Electronics Co , Datatech Inc , Twinhead Inc , Sampo Inc and Chicony Inc . |
| 4 | Deaf dogs can manage surprisingly well , with their eyesight and sense of smell helping to compensate for their lack of hearing . |
| 5 | The Women 's Cooperative Guild played a decisive role in helping to secure for Labour the newly-enfranchised female vote . |
| 6 | There is not point arranging to play squash if you dislike the game , or vowing to go for a jog each day , if you hate running . |
| 7 | But I loved their products and was dying to work for them . ’ |
| 8 | Similarly , in an effort to reach an accommodation with women trade unionists , the NUSEC rejected the traditional nineteenth-century feminist opposition to protective legislation , pledging to work for the extension of such legislation to men rather than opposing it for women . |
| 9 | The massacre of 17 Inkatha members in a roadside ambush in Natal on Feb. 10 , which a local Inkatha official blamed on ANC supporters , was followed by the signature of a joint statement on Feb. 11 by Mandela and the chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party , Frank Mdlalose , pledging to work for " peace and political tolerance among our people " , and to " uncover the roots of these acts of violence " . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize , ’ Van Gogh had written , groping to define for his brother the human essence that was his aim in pictures such as this . ’ |
| 11 | Our eyes seek out the inhabitants fleeing distracted , or returning to look for the dead . |
| 12 | From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams . |
| 13 | Pair or group tasks will not stimulate worthwhile collaboration unless they engage children 's interest and involvement , and are sufficiently flexible and challenging to allow for a range of responses . |
| 14 | ’ So , after appearing to settle for third-person narrative , he doubles back on himself and leaves us to make what we can of an omniscient author who is bound hand and foot to a far from omniscient protagonist . |
| 15 | His gaze raked her body , returning to linger for a moment on her mouth . |
| 16 | As I 've started writing to ya now , I might as well ask you some stuff that I 've been dying to ask for ages . |
| 17 | Thus , I spent ten years working for Other Music Papers , never daring to aim for The Big One , editing Record Mirror and blooding young pups like Stuart Bailie and Roger Morton for greater things . |
| 18 | Trotting after her , Frankie automatically rubbed his hand on his trousers before daring to reach for the gloved hand she offered . |
| 19 | He was asked at the Dec. 30 meeting to continue for the two months while new structures were elaborated . |
| 20 | It is the equivalent of a British government refusing to appear for questions in the House saying that it had been elected and therefore did not need to defend its decisions before parliament . |
| 21 | With respect , it is submitted , that to the extent that the observation may be characterized as seeking to compensate for any lack of clarity in the formulation of the rule in Pepper v. Hart , by the threat of judicial orders for costs , this approach is wrong in principle . |
| 22 | The problem thus faced by those seeking to provide for the United Kingdom 's accession to the European Community was to reconcile such accession with the idea of sovereignty . |
| 23 | ‘ Chris Jefferson from Daventry , he 'd like to see , if Mr Kinnock gets in , some action against Tory tabloid papers ; Mike Humphries , an engineer , called in from Cornwall , says , I do n't know what Labour 's identity is all about — what are they pretending to stand for ? whatever happened to socialism ? |
| 24 | Pausing to listen for any sounds of activity before making her dash across to the cover of the fosse , she found herself automatically reciting part of the Litany to the Blessed Virgin : " Mother most pure , Mother undefiled , Mother most admirable , Mother of good counsel , Mother of our creator , Mother of our Saviour , Virgin most prudent , Virgin most venerable … mystical rose , Tower of David , House of Gold , Ark of the Covenant … " |
| 25 | Twenty-eight ambulance control officers in the London area were suspended without pay yesterday for refusing to cover for colleagues taking industrial action . |
| 26 | For example , if teachers notice that a child or group of children are tending to look for information in books simply by leafing through them , hoping to find the information by accident , they can , at this stage , point out the use of the contents and index pages , and run through some quick games using these . |
| 27 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
| 28 | In response to your advertisement in the Bedfordshire Reporter , I am writing to apply for the post of secretary/ receptionist . |
| 29 | After cycling to various different parts of the village pretending to look for him , therefore , I returned and told the Germans that no one had seen my father ; he was probably out in the country on his bicycle but I had no idea where . |
| 30 | Killion turned away , pretending to look for somewhere to put his glass . |