Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The world 's exotica is over there , parading for all the universe to see , and you are here … ’ |
| 2 | A HANDMADE Lonsdale skipping rope is standard issue for boxers and will dramatically improve fitness and stamina — skipping for ten minutes is equivalent to jogging for half an hour . |
| 3 | On April 6 Brightness was lasooed and after struggling for half an hour was ignominiously hauled from the water . |
| 4 | Restricting your consumption of fats is a sound way to lose weight and a healthy way of eating for all the family . |
| 5 | His osteopath had premises near Regent 's Park and all the way Berg kept apologizing for all the trouble he was causing and Rain kept assuring him it was none at all . |
| 6 | Turning up like the proverbial bad penny , acting for all the world like the Mountie who always got his man — or , in her case , woman . |
| 7 | There is a slowly burgeoning market for this type of entertainment , with many music and arts societies looking for such a programme . |
| 8 | Einstein spent the later years of his life looking for such a theory . |
| 9 | And as we are unlikely to see any real harmonisation of accounting procedures , fiscal requirements or business practices throughout the Community in the near future , pan-European accounting systems will be increasingly important to the large number of UK companies looking for all the help they can get . |
| 10 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |
| 11 | This blocky layer is carried along on top of the moving flow , looking for all the world like rocks on a conveyor belt in a quarry . |
| 12 | The distinctive leaves of Begonia grandis evansiana , looking for all the world like an escaped house plant , but hardy enough to grow outside , are also grown in abundance . |
| 13 | A few days later a 69 Squadron Maryland approached the airfield , looking for all the world like a Ju88 . |
| 14 | Bellybutton , a straw hat over his eyes , danced a few ludicrous steps on the deck of the workboat , thus looking for all the world like a simple Bahamian native welcoming the nice white folks from Georgia who now stood blinking in the bright sunlight beside a growing mound of their designer-label luggage . |
| 15 | In the corner of the pool sat Debbie Harry who leant into my face and — looking for all the world like Benny Hill 's mum — said ‘ Is this the same James Brown who championed The Wonder Stuff and Happy Mondays ? |
| 16 | He sat in the low chair with his head bowed , looking for all the world like a genius deep in contemplation , though in fact he was fast asleep . |
| 17 | We visited Sanur Beach , where we painted fishermen working on their outrigger boats , extraordinary craft with huge ‘ arms ’ , looking for all the world like giant multi-coloured sea creatures . |
| 18 | The work was unplaced , but the concept was electrifying — a smooth , lacquered black box with an ominous bulge at one end , looking for all the world as if something inside wanted to escape . |
| 19 | He left the set that day looking for all the world like a nine-stone weakling who had just thrown sand in the face of the beach bully . |
| 20 | Staff were split into quality teams , meeting for half an hour each week , with team leaders meeting weekly , also for half an hour , to discuss suggestions raised by staff . |
| 21 | The transcriptions are no less taxing , with virtuoso writing for all the orchestra . |
| 22 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |
| 23 | Sounding for all the world as though she quite hated him , Gwen commented disgustedly , ‘ I have never known a child to get so dirty ! ’ |
| 24 | When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation . |
| 25 | When you call at reception , you 're not kept waiting for half an hour , and the receptionists do n't even forget your name . |
| 26 | Henry VII , asking for such a loan in 1496 , told his people that ‘ this is a thing of so great weight and importance as may not be failed , and therefore fail ye not thereof for your said part … as ye intend the good and honour of us and of this our realm ; and as ye tender also the weal and surety of yourself ’ . |
| 27 | One girder sailed straight over the sheer drop at a bend where Rosa used to make my heart enter my mouth , plunging for all the world like some bolt of Jehovah 's vengeance a metre into the earth of the football field below where its shaft stuck up angrily for some days . |
| 28 | The multivariate proportional hazards regression in table II shows that the relation between waist-hip ratio and probability of conception per cycle , after controlling for all the other mentioned variables , remained essentially the same : waist-hip ratio yielded the highest independent significant contribution to probability of conception per cycle ( hazard ratio 0.706 , 95% confidence interval 0.562 to 0.887 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Emily ’ she says , ‘ do n't you think you could stop talking for half an hour ? |
| 30 | and not Norman , it 's the other one one of them anyway , he said hello Christopher where 's your mum ? talking for half an hour ! |