Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now the Newtownards man will be heading off for an all expenses paid weekend at the four star Castle Troy Hotel in Limerick , courtesy of competition organisers Co-Operation North . |
| 2 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
| 3 | She started going through her bag , making sure she had everything , like a woman going out for an ordinary evening . |
| 4 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 5 | He said Libya was not being ‘ stubborn ’ , but merely holding out for an honourable solution to the crisis . |
| 6 | Yet as was noted , inventions , like choices , are always constrained by social experiential factors such as available opportunities and knowledge of alternatives ; even the most ardent indeterminist would acknowledge such things ( while still holding out for an irreducible residue of free choice ) . |
| 7 | And what a disaster : Arnold had 48 going out and 39 coming back for an 87 . |
| 8 | He was also crying out for an efficient office . |
| 9 | Teeing off for an exciting season |
| 10 | Deities are sometimes shown with sword , spear , or shield ; sometimes the objects appear alone , as if standing in for an absent deity . |
| 11 | It is quite an achievement to upstage the assembled might of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Rattle , not to mention Maria Ewing as second soprano , but this is precisely what Barbara Bonney , standing in for an indisposed Lillian Watson , did . |
| 12 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 13 | WIGAN ATHLETIC 'S mysterious new owners are standing by for an instant bonus — a third found FA Cup-tie at Old Trafford and the Pounds 100,000 minimum windfall it would bring in . |
| 14 | Occasionally one would disappear in the direction of the High Street , casting about for an interesting sniff , hoping perhaps to discover a fox in the vicinity of the cut-price chemist . |
| 15 | The reason for the overall cut-off point of ten years is to prevent the threat of legal action stretching out for an unlimited period . |