Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I need your help , " he said slowly , putting the finishing touches to the snowman he was building for his sister . |
| 32 | ‘ So you 're going solo now , ’ said the victim , fumbling for her smokes again . |
| 33 | The Reverend Foster 's beady eyes fixed on the children fumbling for their donations as if they were a parcel of juicy worms to be swooped on if they tried to wriggle away . |
| 34 | and I fumbling for my key . |
| 35 | Yep fumbling for my key . |
| 36 | And remember , any document you sign abroad is as legally binding for you as if you signed it at home . |
| 37 | It was his attitude towards Dawn , treating her with such compassion and even apologising for her . |
| 38 | I 'm always apologising for her . |
| 39 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 40 | Many people feel afraid to say that they are angry and show it , and end up apologising for what they are going to say , for example , ‘ I hope you do n't mind me saying this but … ’ rather than ‘ I feel disappointed/ angry/taken for granted/cross . ’ |
| 41 | The House of Love admitted it themselves , apologising for their shyness , because after all , this was the biggest gig yet . |
| 42 | Software602 sales manager Jan Muhlfeit said that the teenagers , all aged between 16 and 18 , had written a letter to the Alliance apologising for their actions — they claimed they did not know that they were doing anything wrong . |
| 43 | Apologising for ourselves |
| 44 | Strangely , for a man fighting for sport 's most brutal crown , Bowe finds himself apologising for his obvious lack of aggression in the countdown to his day of destiny . |
| 45 | ‘ In reaching its verdict , the commission accepted Mr Jones has issued a press statement apologising for his participation in the video and that he had been misled and badly advised , but that his actions were irresponsible . |
| 46 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ was what he said , however , apologising for his tears . |
| 47 | They settled with their drinks at the corner table and the young man shook hands with Patrick , apologising for his bad manners . |
| 48 | He was in a curiously elegiac mood , moving soft on silken feet in deference to the sadness in the place , now and then touching a tree or a still-surviving piece of stone in a placating greeting , apparently apologising for his presence . |
| 49 | He 'd disarmed her earlier on by profusely apologising for his role in the near-collision with the Kestrel . |
| 50 | ‘ I am a poorer man by some 200 £ than when I came to the Province ’ , he told Gould , apologising for his inability to pay his subscription to Birds of Australia , ‘ and my salary has been reduced to the lowest figure and is far below what I enjoyed as a private Gentleman . ’ |
| 51 | They met him , but he began to feel it was because he paid , they had stopped protesting , they let him offer , explaining his luck , apologising for it , for the suit he had bought , for the new shirts . |
| 52 | If that was an isolated incident I am sure that the Minister will join me in apologising for it , but will he look at distribution methods to ensure that such incidents do not happen on any scale ? |
| 53 | Long into the night he sobbed , weeping for what he had lost , and for what he had become . |
| 54 | ‘ The cow grows hoarse , weeping for her calf … . ’ |
| 55 | ( The pen is weeping for me . ) |
| 56 | She had protected herself but became aware that her womb was weeping for her . |
| 57 | ‘ That 's Our Lady weeping for your sins , Miss Claire , ’ their cook used to say when the heavens opened . |
| 58 | The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom , and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children . |
| 59 | They were getting well clear now , even allowing for its unnatural speed . |
| 60 | It looks and performs like a pro unit , and even allowing for its reliance on unbalanced connections ( avoid long cables ! ) it 's an all-rounder which amply suits any home or semi-pro studio . |