Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is entertaining to see a group of loushe Parisian types forming a street band or filling in for cabaret . |
| 2 | But let's look first at the visible problems , realising the need for fun , not for a fruitless day 's digging or waiting around for ferrets that are none too likely to return to the surface once allowed underground . |
| 3 | ‘ My hobbies include knitting , reading nursing material , the newspapers and Stephen King novels , writing letters , badminton , walking , driving , pop music , Tamla Motown music , bowling , gardening , visiting the pub or going out for meals . |
| 4 | She did n't smoke and never drank , preferring to spend her free time reading , watching television , visiting friends or going out for supper in modest bistros . |
| 5 | To contend under these circumstances that Jesus was a feminist , or that he spoke out for women , must imply a very low estimate of what being a feminist ( or speaking out for women ) might mean . |
| 6 | It is interesting to note that some , if not all , of this initial stimulus work can be recorded and made available individually for refreshing the memory , checking particular phenomena or making up for absence . |
| 7 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
| 8 | Small personal computers used in conjunction with page printing systems such as laser printers offer the businessman a chance to do all his production in-house rather than contracting out for typesetting , design and so on . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you ever wish you 'd farmed rather than going in for horses ? ’ |
| 10 | Silas went on , ‘ You must also realise that standing in for Stella has more to it than turning a sausage on the barbecue . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't mind lobbyists , I 'd just rather they called themselves by their proper name as they do in Washington , rather than wittering on for hours about relationships with opinion-formers . |
| 12 | Taking the plunge at Antrim and stroking out for Battery Point seven miles away on Sunday , September 19 , will be Glen Lindsay , Tina Donnelly , Shawn Cavlin and Kieran O'Neill . |
| 13 | He was flexing and twisting his simian arms , as if limbering up for violence . |
| 14 | Cities spend an enormous amount of money on building stadiums and bidding competitively for sports franchises ; they predicate their enthusiasm on the assumption ( for which there is no empirical basis ) that a professional sports team enhances a local economy . |
| 15 | He is looking up and out to sea in a southerly direction , and looking and listening desperately for sight or sound of Middleton — but that was not to be . |
| 16 | They have no chance to notice or see anything erm and make them observant and looking out for things . |
| 17 | Next morning I was a new woman , quite revitalised and waiting contritely for JTR who I had summoned back up from Edinburgh to get on with the Lewis Ramble . |
| 18 | She appears to appropriate traditional humanist interests in social connectedness and caring specifically for women . |
| 19 | Traditionalists from many branches of the martial arts feel that many modern practitioners , drawn to the arts as sport , are missing their true meaning and aiming only for self-gratification and glory . |
| 20 | For over a year she had been cutting out coupons from magazines and sending off for make-up samples that she had kept hidden in a small suitcase in the boathouse ; since her grandmother 's death she had brought them indoors and experimented openly , primping all day long , leaving streaks of grease everywhere , on the table cloth , on the bathroom shelves . |
| 21 | She is dying inside and crying out for love , just like me . |
| 22 | Although she was unaware of it , Scarlet had acted bravely , if pointlessly , in her dealings with these two , for it was she , not Constance , who endured Brian 's discontent , drawing his disapproval upon herself and suffering vicariously for Constance , who cared nothing for Brian 's opinion , mood or reactions . |
| 23 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 24 | This simply means that instead of bending and scuffling around for saucepans stacked up in a dark base unit , try hanging them from hooks near the sink ( where you are going to fill them with water ) or near the stove . |
| 25 | We decided that we would like to spend much of our available time in the far north , beyond the Arctic Circle so , taking turns at driving and stopping only for fuel and occasional snacks , we thrashed on up the ‘ spine ’ of Norway through spectacular mountain scenery to Trondheim . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Burns , you have a great deal to answer for , ’ she muttered savagely , hauling the insubstantial scrap of ribbon and lace that claimed to be a nightdress over her head and reaching instead for jeans and a sweatshirt . |
| 27 | He progressed north-east , using the uplift warily at first but then with increasing confidence , soaring round and round in its rising power and powering forward for miles , until he saw the hills begin to falter ahead and the ground to flatten unpromisingly . |
| 28 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 29 | ‘ Cumbria , ’ Reynolds supplied , pushing open the glass swing door and standing aside for Diane . |
| 30 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |