Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This group of people was recognised by the meeting in Tokyo over a year ago , and this is an issue that many people — both my friends and strangers that I come across in collecting or canvassing for Amnesty — ask me about . |
| 2 | And apart from certain specialised domains ( the lexicon of skateboarding or knitting for example ) you will also find few words whose source is a text written by somebody working class , or black , or for that matter female . |
| 3 | These emerged as the movement represented by the Enlightenment itself became more self-critical and less brashly confident in its own rationalism ; but that does not make them any the less significant or challenging for theology . |
| 4 | It banned all political parties , social organizations or mass movements involved in inciting ethnic or racial hostility , using violence on ethnic , racial or religious grounds , or agitating for violation of the territorial integrity of the USSR or any of its union or autonomous republics , autonomous oblasts or okrugs . |
| 5 | Olwen drove , and evolved a schedule of visiting her numerous girlfriends or looking for bargains in the shops whilst the others pitched the local council or union . |
| 6 | In terms of availability on the labour market , then , 93 per cent of conversion students were in work , waiting to start work , or looking for work . |
| 7 | Whether you are starting a pond from scratch , or looking for fish to supplement existing stock , buying Koi is one of the most challenging and exciting moments of the hobby . |
| 8 | The supply of exotic animals for dissection was of great importance to anatomists hoping to make their name through exciting discoveries or looking for ammunition to use in theoretical debates . |
| 9 | The latter are not exclusively practical in the sense of always utilizing apparatus , but instead might include tasks such as reading tabular data or looking for number patterns . |
| 10 | I took messages to the Lord Buckingham , pretending I was delivering suits or looking for trade at his London house . ’ |
| 11 | The US scientist Ronald Bracewell seems to have been the first to have suggested that sending or listening for radio signals is a haphazard business and almost certainly doomed to failure , because the task of covering the millions of ‘ likely ’ stars is well-nigh impossible . |
| 12 | Or listening for days on end while she dithered |
| 13 | Develop an index of notes that really helps you locate notes quickly when preparing for tutorials , writing essays or revising for exams . |
| 14 | The following statement , for instance , suggests that in indexing or searching for Folk drama , both of the terms Drama and Folk Culture should be used : |
| 15 | It prefers the idea of ‘ romance ’ , or searching for love . |
| 16 | Scarlet , with the sentimentality of the deprived and the perceptions of the health-conscious , admired enormously their wholesome lack of refinement , their coarse fibre , their willingness to say what they meant without deceit or searching for means of extended expression . |
| 17 | The next challenge is for stuffing or dressing for game birds . |
| 18 | Once the learning has taken place , the predators leave you alone and you can go about your business in a quietly relaxed manner , without too much fleeing , hiding , panic , or scuttling for cover . |
| 19 | because it is not worth litigating or suing for claims below a certain sum ; |
| 20 | My dad was tied up with Dickens or waiting for General Franco to turn up . |
| 21 | And those in power ( or waiting for power ) are not about to suggest alternatives . |
| 22 | The wisdom of selecting can often be appreciated when visiting old orchards , when it is necessary to either pick the apples using a ladder or waiting for windfalls . |
| 23 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 24 | No courting or going for interviews for 'im . ’ |
| 25 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 26 | The demands of the women 's movement in Britain seem overwhelmingly concerned with women who want to avoid having or caring for children , either full-time or at all ( e.g. abortion and contraception , day-care centres , rights in paid employment ) . |
| 27 | Remuneration packages with payments linked to the achievement of agreed service delivery targets for deprived or underserved populations ; for services which fulfil the objectives of The Health of the Nation or Caring for People ; or for ‘ shared care ’ and other arrangements which reduce dependence on hospital services |
| 28 | Either residents or staff at various levels may initiate such developments and this usually reflects a real problem in living with or caring for people who may be regarded as disruptive or anti-social . |
| 29 | If a wife is going to be out all day and her husband refuses to help in the home , she may have to consider arranging or paying for help if she can afford to — in order to do what she wants to do . |
| 30 | There are certain types of expenditure that are illegal ( for example , paying an elector to exhibit an election poster or paying for voters to be taken to and from the polling booths ) , and separate committees to promote a candidate are not permitted . |