Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB . |
| 2 | that 's fucking going some for a ship that size I would love to have be able to fly with the or something |
| 3 | They 've been open all hours … at Kingsholm this week … running on overtime getting ready for a game that could simply make or break the season … you know what they say about it never raining … it 's been pouring on Gloucester this season … defeat for the Cherry and Whites tomorrow would put them on the relegation trapdoor … |
| 4 | Oh yeah , I reckon all grannies are gon na be taping this they 're the only with loads of spare time , we 're just doing this for a laugh ! |
| 5 | and its still looking good for the promotion play-offs … only Tranmere have a realistic chance of catching the top six teams … |
| 6 | Most of the passengers were either up on deck to watch the ship arrive or they 'll be frantically getting organised for an early breakfast so that they can get ashore . ’ |
| 7 | At Kabrit in the meantime the L Detachment men were busily making ready for the departure back to Jalo , from where they were to head for Bouerat . |
| 8 | Compared with the £20 prices now becoming typical for the likes of popular Grandes Marques , such as Veuve Clicquot , these wines really do represent remarkable value . |
| 9 | Most techniques so far used for increasing speed are now becoming inviable for the future , and new techniques must be developed . |
| 10 | Except that there appeared to have been a miscalculation — one which Rostov himself did not yet understand — so that the pod was now heading unscathed for the outer atmosphere of Tarvaras . |
| 11 | So I 'm now going straight for the black ? |
| 12 | As she is now studying fell-time for the Ministry , she resigned from the post at the end of October , 1991 , and we have appointed another worker , Mrs . |
| 13 | But rather than simply using this for the purpose of political comment in a static model of the communication process , the rationale behind its retention here is that there are real and important differences between these two groups and their relationships , and work , with the media . |
| 14 | In pre-Big Bang times there existed a widespread belief that the then existing regulatory framework was not only propping up an inefficient system but that it was also outmoded and fast becoming inadequate for the protection of investors . |
| 15 | You are simply paying extra for a very firm bed . |
| 16 | Within another month or two he did The Rainbow which got enormous coverage , and within another month he was here getting ready for the first American tour . |
| 17 | He began to whistle now , accompanying it with a little shuffle of his feet which brought a wide grin from Joe ; then becoming serious for a moment , he said , ‘ You knew , I do appreciate Martin getting leave to come home for my twenty-first . |
| 18 | By totting up numbers for one group of estates , adding a notional 22 per cent for unrecorded children under twelve , and a further 25 per cent for other omissions , and then multiplying these for the whole of France , Lot calculated a population for Charles the Bald 's kingdom of 26 million . |
| 19 | Significantly , the Robbins Report recommended that the universities ' share should rise to 60 per cent , or 336,000 , in 1981 , thereby leaving 224,000 for the public sector . |