Example sentences of "and [v-ing] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ There 's this fascinating gestation period between listening to something and waiting for it to come out in your playing . |
| 32 | As we passed people stood back on either side , loud-mouthed apprentices and washerwomen in leather clogs stopping their noisy clatter and waiting for us to pass . |
| 33 | ‘ I 've been waiting and waiting for you to do that . |
| 34 | ‘ The breakfast table is set and waiting for you . |
| 35 | ‘ But please let me know whether or not you 'll be home this evening — otherwise I 'll be watching and waiting for you . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ And waiting for you where ? ’ |
| 37 | I kept waiting and waiting for you to ask me to stay but you did n't . |
| 38 | Mr Hartling 's predecessor , Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , avoided such pitfalls by simply chartering private jets and paying for them out of his not inconsiderable private coffers . |
| 39 | Pip has found contentment also by helping Herbert with is life by find and paying for him to start a job . |
| 40 | If you are putting the lift in and paying for it yourself it is wise to take out a maintenance agreement and add the lift to your Home Contents Insurance . |
| 41 | My agent chatted her up and she let slip Tweed and the Grey woman left early this morning after booking their suite — and paying for it — for another week . ’ |
| 42 | People are frightened of using their taps , their baths , their toilets because of using water and paying for it . |
| 43 | They were supposed to raiding the city regiments and paying for it , there was constant trouble for this , and the man who was appointed colonel by the king , Nicholas Selby , was very unpopular . |
| 44 | However , Maskelyne had a high opinion of his abilities , lending him considerable sums and securing for him commissions for instruments , not only for his own observatory at Greenwich , but also for new instruments for Eger in Hungary , Mannheim , and Florence . |
| 45 | ‘ Ever since I have been here the fans have kept talking about the derby — and pleading for us not to lose it . |
| 46 | Writers have agents simply to do maths and whoring for them . |
| 47 | With the baby , he was gentleness itself , playing with him and caring for him with true devotion . |
| 48 | For women without previous commitment to their own career , dependent as they still often are on the normally higher earnings of men , there may be the excitement of starting their life project , married to their husband 's job and caring for him and their much hoped-for children . |
| 49 | With Mrs. Crawley , the narrative reflects the belief of most people in the nineteenth century that the best place for a woman is with her husband , supporting and caring for him . |
| 50 | The UNHCR is too weak to press the governments of Kenya or Djibouti into accepting and caring for them . |
| 51 | Residential workers have the difficult task of finding a balance between guiding young people forward , perhaps before they are ready , and caring for them in a personal way which does not threaten loyalty to their parents . |
| 52 | Often groups can be given a " familiarisation visit " , going behind the scenes in the archives to learn about the range of documents and the methods of preserving and caring for them . |
| 53 | During this time Mr Reynolds was taught breathing and leg exercises by the physiotherapist to prevent post-operative complications and the stoma care nurse , together with the ward nurses , taught him about having a colostomy and caring for it . |
| 54 | He 's back home where his mum does all his cooking , washing and ironing for him . |
| 55 | ‘ In my opinion , attempting to replicate the past success of Amstrad by gambling on product ideas and building up large stocks in the hope of achieving ‘ blockbuster ’ sales would be putting shareholders ' funds at risk and demoralising for me . ’ |
| 56 | Now , this contribution is not direct , it 's indirect in the sense that males , a male for example who is provisioning a wife who is pregnant is not directly invent investing in the offspring clearly you ca n't do that she has to do that , cos the offspring 's inside her body , but indirectly he may be feeding his wife , protecting her and providing for her in , in a way that is absolutely critical to her reproductive success too . |
| 57 | By his coming to us as a human being and by his suffering , dying and rising for us , our lives have meaning and hope . |
| 58 | In front of the Brandenburg Gate and elsewhere , they perched precariously on top of the Wall , clapping and calling for it to go . |
| 59 | Yet Martha was a woman of courage , and she succeeded nobly in satisfying her hungry lodgers with wholesome fare , and spreading for them sheets a prince might fold around him ; and though the body was often weak , the spirit was lively , and soon found a way whereby to mount with ease over any difficulty that might arise in the government of her household or the entertainment of her hospices . |
| 60 | Most are not pure public goods and charging for them is technically possible . |