Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sport offers spontaneity which , combined with ever more sophisticated technology , allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles , moving in for a close-up on the agonized or exultant face of the athlete , or panning back for a shot of the pitch , track , or the seashore during an Open golf championship . |
| 2 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 3 | From time to time , taking one to lunch or meeting up for a drink gives you a chance to talk shop and learn about the other 's work and publications . |
| 4 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 5 | Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training . |
| 6 | She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while . |
| 7 | Stults pointed out that trained rescuers who are on their own often delay calling an emergency service and may use neighbours and other bystanders rather than dialling immediately for an ambulance ( the main source of a defibrillator ) . |
| 8 | And we 've been waiting and waiting and waiting now for a week to get this reconciliation at least together so that we could go out and re-count whatever was required . |
| 9 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 10 | I felt that some of those on the bank waiting for the net to come in were wanting a body and wishing hard for a corpse . |
| 11 | They heard him dialling and speaking tersely for a moment . |
| 12 | A glastyn is rather like a BROWNIE , helping the farmer with chores and asking only for a bowl of cream and some bread at day 's end . |
| 13 | ‘ I was ten times worse myself and got over it on my feet , ’ he said in casual dismissal , opening his raincoat and reaching inside for a cigarette . |
| 14 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 15 | We sat drinking and talking together for a while . |
| 16 | He had rented the flat through an agency and had no idea who owned it , only that he was male and single and working abroad for a year . |
| 17 | When we see sin unmasked now and again , and reigning even for a minutes unrestrained , we get a faint idea of its extreme hatefulness and loathsomeness . |
| 18 | The fuel gauge had gone on the blink shortly after the start , but pulling in for a pit-stop would cost him precious seconds . |
| 19 | Anti-matter has been known to exist since the Twenties but making enough for a propulsion unit ( one milligram ) would cost $100bn . |
| 20 | That could be bad news for any theoretical widow suing a first aider who had left her husband to die while scouting around for a telephone . |
| 21 | When the name of a group of fishes is mentioned as going out for a swim all the members walk around the monsters in a circle . |