Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should hate anyone to think that I am , ’ she said , looking around her at us all and smiling again , ‘ that I am in the business of catering exclusively for prostitutes , tarts working girls , slags bitches , cunts , whores , studs , pimps , rent boys , butches , nellies , queens , masseurs , escorts , one-night stands , ex-models , ex-policemen , ex-Armed Forces , ex-boxers , security guards , tennis instructors , so-called businessmen , tourists and those poor unfortunates who simply come here to pass the time and meanwhile do some shopping ; oh , no , let it never be said ! |
| 2 | According to Lotus associate director Albert Adams — a world authority on composites and the man who , 30 years ago , was told by Chapman to ‘ learn all about glass-fibre ’ — it could be from the escalating costs of tooling up for pressed-steel car production . |
| 3 | For last year 's service we drew up a plan and then wrote a personal letter from the laity group to all the Churches , emphasising how much we believed in the power of praying together for Unity . |
| 4 | Supporters of benchmarking usually stress the invigorating effects of looking outside for comparisons . |
| 5 | The only difference in this case is that , instead of looking out for bees , Pooh gets Rabbit to say something ( 'Yes ' ) which he hears ( i.e. directly observes ) and understands ( i.e. takes to say , as a response to his question , that it 's a sign of honey ) . |
| 6 | A daring horseman , whose racing and pig-sticking had developed strong nerves in his robust frame , he scorned Charley Head 's suggestion — and the signals officer was not battle-shy — of looking out for snipers . |
| 7 | Huy had taken the job after ten days of waiting hopefully for word from Merymose . |
| 8 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 9 | He had talked of going home for years ; yet excuses came up for delaying till next year and the year after . |
| 10 | The boot is still the dominant feature of the game , more so now that we have this tactic of kicking deep for position . |
| 11 | Travis showed every sign of staying there for hours . |
| 12 | Rolf Hüppi , Zurich 's chief executive since 1991 and once the prime mover behind its multinationals business , sees a day of reckoning ahead for Europe 's 4,000-plus insurance companies . |
| 13 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |
| 14 | Er against the cost of government changes so this last part of this budget is actually the cost of making up for government cuts and section of and we 're disappointed that Conservatives decided to cut the section they were funding for next year . |
| 15 | The curriculum is not seen in terms of constant amelioration of handicapping conditions , but rather in terms of making up for deficiencies which are constantly imputed to the child . |
| 16 | An ancient priory is in danger of falling down for want of half a million pounds . |