Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After suggesting the reason for his presence was revenge , he asked , ‘ Has Anna said anything to you about the man who attacked her ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He admitted in the end that he was suggesting the break for my sake , and I told him how I felt about that . |
| 3 | In the interim I am returning the invoice for your consideration . |
| 4 | After thanking the committee for their work during the year , Mr. King announced that John Edelsten , John Sayer and Eddie Bryant would not be standing for re-election . |
| 5 | Youth Club ( by letter ) thanking the chairman for his support with regard to his action in suspending four boys . |
| 6 | Ignore personal attacks and criticism by thanking the opposition for their feedback and then moving on with the positive aspects of your case . |
| 7 | She remembered Edmund , little more than a child , grave and courteous , thanking the Empress for her hospitality . |
| 8 | But more recently , TI is gaining a reputation for its disclosures over and above the requirements that , in the words of one analyst , ‘ set a precedent for other companies to follow ’ . |
| 9 | Critics within the ruling United National Party ( UNP ) , who reportedly regarded Premadasa 's style as excessively authoritarian and resented the influence of the Mahasangha ( Buddhist clergy ) , had joined opposition MPs in signing a petition for his impeachment , which they submitted to the Speaker of Parliament on Aug. 27 . |
| 10 | He was signing an autograph for his killer at the time . |
| 11 | He was saving the farm for his grandchildren . |
| 12 | I meant — would you consider developing a program for my company ? |
| 13 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 14 | Some wasps will flail about , seeking a target for their stings , but to no avail for the ants are too small . |
| 15 | Basically the policy protected farmers by guaranteeing a price for their products and by setting up barriers against imports . |
| 16 | Wanting a context for their work , many feel a conscious need ‘ to give something back to society ’ , to justify a ‘ self-indulgent ’ pastime , avoiding what they see as the stereotype of the male artist as self-obsessed . |
| 17 | Please write to the addresses given for the individual courses ( NOT to Ideal Home ) , enclosing an sae for your booking form — applications can not be processed without one . |
| 18 | AS CHINA tries to cut state spending , parents seeking an education for their children are bearing some of the brunt . |
| 19 | In the firm 's New Issues Statistics — July-September 1992 , it sees three main areas the majority of flotation candidates will come from : MBO companies seeking an exit for their investors , funds to repay debt and the flexibility to raise equity finance to fund further growth ; the demerger of listed companies ' subsidiaries or divisions where it is apparent that the parts will be valued higher than the whole ; and the traditional private companies which have hitherto provided the bulk of flotations . |
| 20 | In these activities , the ‘ players ’ are joined by a very large number of other people and organisations , each seeking an audience for their comments : |
| 21 | 52% of non-exporters to Japan indicated that they were interested in investigating the potential for their firms . |
| 22 | At first the track was lined with bright terraces of beehives , their owners in makeshift tents busily extracting the honey for which Thassos is famous . |
| 23 | Make racing the reason for your existence , your religion , forget the outside world . |
| 24 | as if commending the place for her use . |
| 25 | oh well they 're celebrating the collection for his garden |
| 26 | Midland Montagu sees nervous investors exhibiting a preference for their home markets because of the current uncertainty . |
| 27 | Courageous comedy star Leslie Crowther , 59 , battling to recover from his horrific road crash , was celebrating a CBE for his charity work . |
| 28 | ‘ And us fixing a date for our wedding made her very happy , too , ’ Vitor murmured . |
| 29 | Lucy sent him a resentful glance while adding an explanation for her presence . |
| 30 | Alfred Wallace made a special expedition to study the mallee fowl 's distant relation on Sulawesi , building a hut for his stay on a beach of coarse volcanic sand in the north of the island . |