Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the plunge at Antrim and stroking out for Battery Point seven miles away on Sunday , September 19 , will be Glen Lindsay , Tina Donnelly , Shawn Cavlin and Kieran O'Neill . |
| 2 | He is looking up and out to sea in a southerly direction , and looking and listening desperately for sight or sound of Middleton — but that was not to be . |
| 3 | Traditionalists from many branches of the martial arts feel that many modern practitioners , drawn to the arts as sport , are missing their true meaning and aiming only for self-gratification and glory . |
| 4 | For over a year she had been cutting out coupons from magazines and sending off for make-up samples that she had kept hidden in a small suitcase in the boathouse ; since her grandmother 's death she had brought them indoors and experimented openly , primping all day long , leaving streaks of grease everywhere , on the table cloth , on the bathroom shelves . |
| 5 | She is dying inside and crying out for love , just like me . |
| 6 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 7 | We decided that we would like to spend much of our available time in the far north , beyond the Arctic Circle so , taking turns at driving and stopping only for fuel and occasional snacks , we thrashed on up the ‘ spine ’ of Norway through spectacular mountain scenery to Trondheim . |
| 8 | they are caught , often , in a conflict between holding on to the security of their childhood dependence and striking out for independence . |