Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked , little doubt of it , considerably relieved , but clearly there was something on his mind , for he stood hesitantly beside the table , his eyes scouting around for some object upon which to focus . |
| 2 | The acquisition of the Baltics , and post-war policy in Eastern Europe are areas crying out for more honesty . |
| 3 | They 're one of 14 national display teams limbering up for this weekend 's International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . |
| 4 | And here is a platform littered with persons waiting anxiously for that last train home . |
| 5 | He has a son who is a booby and who was loafing around his father 's yards waiting only for this young lady to come of age so that he could marry her . |
| 6 | If your whole departments going out for any reason , for a departmental meeting , if you 're all out at a conference , or if there 's some sort of briefing or something going on , please let the switchboard know which numbers will be unattended , and how long you 'll be out for . |
| 7 | If there were several children queuing up for this delight , the second-comers were told , ‘ You can ring tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | On the quay opposite the Cafe de la Rotonde you 'll see poor Annamese boys parading there for such men , with rice powder on their faces . |
| 9 | Concerned about the increasing number of complaints from neighbours of alarms sounding off for several hours the council has pledged to help end the menace . |