Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that included the experience of caddying for some of the greats when they came to St Andrews , such as Henry Cotton and Flory Van Donck . |
| 2 | It is thus possible that , just as we are suggesting for some of the other finds at Mycenae , it was taken from Knossos : if so , the implication is that other pieces of statuary and relief carving from Minoan Knossos were also removed — by some Mycenean equivalent of Lord Elgin , perhaps . |
| 3 | He had done a reasonable amount of pilot work , firing for some of the older shunt link drivers and had also fired on the local ‘ pick-up ’ , but this at last was the real thing . |
| 4 | there is a basic four-chord harmonic sequence , used as a structural underpinning for much of the piece ; in a conventional rock song this might well have been deployed as a rift or worked into predictable phrase-structure patterns . |
| 5 | Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest . |
| 6 | His hands swept boldly over her body , pushing aside her flimsy robe to scorch her trembling skin with his touch , and she pressed closer still , aching for more of the devastating fire . |
| 7 | Now watch this , as we go through the tack the sail is driving for most of the time just flapping briefly as the sail turns through the wind . |
| 8 | It is absolutely essential that no member pre-empts these discussions by applying for any of the schemes on offer while these negotiations continue . |
| 9 | To be on the safe side I spent two hours in the drain , shivering for most of the second hour . |
| 10 | If you are no longer acting for any of the appellants shown as being represented by you on the enclosed Roll , you should inform this office , in writing , at least seven days before the hearing date , enclosing a copy of your letter to the appellant informing him/her that you are no longer acting , giving him/her details of the date , time and place of the Appeal hearing and that he/she must attend to present his/her Appeal and that failure to appear may result in the Appeal being dismissed . |
| 11 | The other game was far more interesting with Speelman looking for much of the time as though he was spending a very unhappy 33rd birthday . |
| 12 | And so , very the onus would be would they not , the three things that we 're looking for most of the time . |
| 13 | ‘ But we proved against Ipswich that we can be as good as anybody on our day and we will be looking for more of the same tomorrow night . ’ |
| 14 | Welcoming the deal , general manager said : ‘ This is our first programme in aircraft seats and we 're looking for more of the same sort of business . |
| 15 | He got one against Swindon last season and ca n't wait to go looking for more in the Premier League . |
| 16 | Prepare income statements for Absent Ltd using marginal costing and absorption costing for each of the three years to aid the management accountant 's explanation . |
| 17 | The hard copy formatter works cyclically through the modules , searching for those with the specified charge code and classification and filling the relevant volume with them until its minimum fill mark is reached . |
| 18 | And for , our children when they grow up cos I had three children nearly every one that had come into the town had little ones so you see we were trying to build a town for our children to benefit which I do n't know whether you think that it 's a town worth living in but I think that we have done very well and it 's a town that is caring for such as the elderly they really do care ! |
| 19 | He ended up by paying for most of the house himself and what had once been a modest little farmhouse jumped up several rungs of the architectural and social ladder . |
| 20 | And in its $1.7 billion purchase of Stauffer , another American chemicals firm , in 1987 it did a passable impersonation of Hanson , paying for most of the bid with $1.15 billion of asset sales . |
| 21 | It was rough going for some of the exhibitors as they put a new four wheel drive model through its paces . |
| 22 | But then I 've got sons , and there 's never seemed much point in going for more of the same ! |
| 23 | The T x column has been included merely to help explain the calculation of e x ; it represents the total ‘ robin-years ’ of life remaining for all of the original cohort that have reached age x . |
| 24 | I was assured , though , that this time is seldom adhered to , with most visitors remaining for most of the afternoon . |
| 25 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 26 | Waiting for each of the 100 winners , is a Nike International suit , constructed from light-wight , fully breathable waterproof Gore-Tex . |
| 27 | This is despite the passing of a law in 1981 providing for many of the Italian reform components : general hospital wards , community mental health centres and procedures for linking the various sectors . |
| 28 | After a long and uphill struggle , lasting for most of the 1950s , Margery Fry had persuaded the Howard League and the newly formed Justice to take up the cause of monetary restitution to be paid out of public funds to those who had suffered personal injury from acts of criminal violence . |
| 29 | Accounting for some of the new instruments has not always been uniform , and a variety of arguments have been advanced to justify differing treatments . |
| 30 | As production increased farmers had a growing surplus over their household requirements and sold an increasing proportion of their crop , reaching 60 per cent in 1985 and in 1988 , and accounting for half of the national marketed production . |