Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They 're always going down for anaesthetic , we ca n't find it . |
| 32 | But Fraser , pressed on the question of value for money resorted to other arguments : " they are more economical , but they are not so satisfactory , they are always going off for sickness of some kind or another , or their mother is ill or something of that kind — that is the greatest trouble , their mother is ill constantly " . |
| 33 | Everybody is still crying out for rain ; no one is ever satisfied . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Good old Acapulco — someone 's always dropping in for lunch ’ |
| 35 | He seemed to want to try to remain in the underworld while still reaching out for life 's little comforts and luxuries . |
| 36 | Shall we try a bite , or are you still screaming out for intercourse ? ’ |
| 37 | We are also paying less for clothes but housing and motoring have doubled in cost . |
| 38 | I end up staying there for ages , thinking about Marie and that . |
| 39 | A different future is now opening up for Father Martin Flatman following yesterday 's vote at the synod to ordain women as priests . |
| 40 | Much of the upheaval in the world 's soft drinks markets has been prompted by the US giants , Pepsi and Coke , which are now looking aggressively for expansion in Europe . |
| 41 | Halcyon days indeed but now the trio have broken up and McWilliams after another brief spell in England is back searching around for mounts . |
| 42 | His partner is now waiting anxiously for news at their home in Radley . |
| 43 | Scrolling through the A2 's patches it soon becomes obvious that it 's crammed full of great sounds , although , as usual , some do need severely sorting out for ouput level , which means that there 's no escaping learning how to program the thing ! |
| 44 | Ford tested Options in 15,000 deals for two years before launching it nationwide , so many of those cars are now coming up for sale . |
| 45 | By being on top he avoids being vulnerable , but vulnerable he is and , contrary to appearances , sensitive in the extreme and often crying out for dependency . |
| 46 | Paul Spencer , now playing professionally for Village Prestwich , beat Colin Hamilton ( Victoria Club ) 3-1 in the final of the under-19 tournament . |
| 47 | Certainly it was watched by a fair few housewives , posh farkers or not , with growing numbers of women around the country now tuning in for Paul Merton 's steadily increasing TV appearances . |
| 48 | Some of them are even looking out for compensation . ’ |
| 49 | During the day he was at the power station and at weekends , reversing the normal peregrination , he was at his London flat , frequently staying there for Part of the week if he had a meeting in town . |
| 50 | The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help . |
| 51 | There was a huge fireplace in one corner , simply crying aloud for masses of logs , and near it was an old settle . |
| 52 | Branson 's views about England were more platitudinous than revolutionary ; England , he would say , is ‘ a great place to live in , but as a great place it should carry on standing totally for democracy and people should have the absolute freedom to say what they think ’ . |
| 53 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 54 | He stood there waiting silently for Sandison to work his own way out of the difficulty and Sandison realised there was a calculating hardness to this man . |
| 55 | She 's She 's sitting in there waiting there for years |
| 56 | Carmichael wanted to avoid the risk of plucking remedies out of the air and then casting round for arguments to support them , which , he said , was the common practice in local authorities . |
| 57 | Parties went on to mark the path and generally prepare the way , besides watching out for foxes . |
| 58 | I found myself working twelve to fourteen hours a day , barely coming up for air , and looking forward to finishing the book so that life could begin again — rather than enjoying the day-by-day process of writing , and living life to the full . |
| 59 | Within days , for instance , I 'd broken up with my girlfriend , because things came to the surface that I had been neatly burying away for years . |
| 60 | I mean that 's actually going in for Keagan ! |