Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pampers are already helping to care for the environment , and now we have some important news for the future . |
| 2 | Yes , it 's very hard because you get to that stage where you know you can only really push forward for so long , then when it you know , the whistle looms near , you try and you know , you 're just going to go for the result really , and keep it you know , a clean sheet and just get a point out of the game . |
| 3 | I am finding your mag interesting and am not having to dive for the dictionary too often . |
| 4 | A little struggling lilac tree in the back yard died , because , Belinda said , too many men had pissed on it , out the window , not bothering to wait for the lavatory to be free . |
| 5 | But poor old Wayne Phillips was always going to suffer for the demise of the local hero , unless he got at least 100 in his first trip to the crease . |
| 6 | So this is why I emphasize the fact that when you become retired your circumstances are all always going to change for the worse as far as adjustments are concerned . |
| 7 | With a more sober view of what is possible , local social services departments are now beginning to plan for the provision of more comprehensive and effective welfare services for the disabled . |
| 8 | The seller will normally send by air to the buyer some documents : one will be the bill of lading transferred to the buyer to enable him to collect the goods at their port of destination ; another will be a bill of exchange which the buyer will normally sign and return thereby undertaking to pay for the goods on the date specified on the bill of exchange . |
| 9 | If you er , if the people of West Sussex a couple of weeks ago , when there was flooding around Chichester , they 're actually going to wait for the waters to evaporate . |
| 10 | I leaned over to Nick Wells and said : ‘ I 'm never going to vote for the death penalty . ’ |
| 11 | In 1542 , Henry received a long and rambling letter from a crank , one John Elder , clerk of the diocese of Caithness , and therefore claiming to speak for the Highlander . |