Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore I compromise and send her to Calcutta with her grandmother and suffer pangs of guilt both for packing her off and for conforming to my elitist background . |
| 2 | The F-Plan recipes , meal suggestions and charts on the following pages give you plenty of scope both for doing your own thing and eating your own thing , whether it is something as simple as beans on toast or a sandwich , or something considerably more adventurous . |
| 3 | The resulting analysis is also an order of magnitude faster for processing and does not suffer from the brittleness of a generative analysis . |
| 4 | There is a great deal of potential here for criminalising conduct that amounts to little more than arguing with a policeman , which it should be one of the aims of public order law to prevent . |
| 5 | He opted for a job as an arc metalworker for a firm that allowed him plenty of time off for competing in meetings and , as he was an international , he travelled overseas often . |
| 6 | However , the TCCB itself came under fire yesterday for allowing a similar attack by former England captain David Gower on India 's bowlers to be published in a new book — Gower : The Autobiography . |
| 7 | UMPIRE Steve Bucknor came under fire yesterday for refusing to view a TV replay in a run-out incident which could have a bearing on the second Test between South Africa and India . |
| 8 | It advocates reinforcing this responsibility by law , with a system of licences requiring landowners to reach an agreed cull on their land , in return perhaps for rating benefits . |
| 9 | Parliament ordered his arrest in February 1644 after he clashed at Paul 's Cross with the Presbyterian Cornelius Burges [ q.v. ] , and he was soon in trouble again for preaching , allegedly , that Christ was to be found even ‘ in hogs , and dogs , or sheep ’ . |
| 10 | Files are used in plumbing principally for getting rid of burs on the ends of cut pipes and for making the pipe ends square . |
| 11 | I 've already had one telling-off from Dad today for drinking Scotch . |
| 12 | Between three and five hundred people are believed to be in detention solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression , association or assembly or their right to leave the country . |
| 13 | She tells Karen that Victor is being excluded from school indefinitely for bullying and for kicking Joan . |
| 14 | A PLUMBER was jailed for life yesterday for killing two sisters in a firebomb attack . |
| 15 | Usually ministers are formally answerable to Parliament only for discharging their own responsibilities relating to sponsored bodies ( such as in terms of broad policy and general oversight ) , while responsibility for efficiency and day-to-day matters normally rests with the organizations ' own management . |
| 16 | It must be thought of as just one of the tools available to business today for managing the ever increasing volumes of information . |
| 17 | Twenty-eight ambulance control officers in the London area were suspended without pay yesterday for refusing to cover for colleagues taking industrial action . |
| 18 | LANDLORDS were taken to task today for running ‘ dirty , grubby and unfriendly ’ pubs . |