Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was weeping bitterly for most of the time . |
| 2 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 3 | When he 'd been banging on for several minutes about immigration , infiltration , dilution of the great Anglo-Saxon race and a lot more of the same , I seized the opportunity , rather neatly I thought , to observe that indeed things had come to a pretty pass when the name Patel was as common as Smith in England . |
| 4 | You have to produce a return transatlantic ticket and your passport both when buying the airpass and when checking in for each flight . |
| 5 | By chance , one of the world 's top fashion talent-spotters happened to be booking in for that same flight . |
| 6 | He had never rested with such absolute confidence in the judgement of any other , excepting once for that brief while in his childhood , when he had been in the care of Master Harry . |
| 7 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 8 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 9 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |
| 10 | After tossing restlessly for half the night , she managed to get a couple of hours ' sleep , and woke up in the morning feeling very angry with herself . |
| 11 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 12 | BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR ANY OF THE PRESENT CELLNET OR VODAFONE networks , would-be subscribers should consider what 's in the cellphone pipeline . |
| 13 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 14 | If it has happened in the past , it can happen in the future , and may be occurring now for all we know . |
| 15 | ‘ Ghosts ’ at least demonstrates that the music does n't have to have the speed of a cocaine-snorting cheetah to create the energy and is worth checking out for this alone . |
| 16 | I always shop on Sunday and I just thought that it was nice to see in the paper today it looks like we will have legalized Sunday trading everywhere for all of us fairly soon . |
| 17 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 18 | They underwrite the weekly tender issue of Treasury bills by bidding competitively for those not sold . |
| 19 | In the Sokol valley I was lucky enough to watch a stock circling above for several minutes . |
| 20 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 21 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 22 | And it is the patient potterer , listening attentively for that twanging ‘ cheeow , chee-ow ’ call , who is most likely to come across these secret retreats . |
| 23 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 24 | Listening carefully for any sound that might indicate fitzAlan 's presence , she stretched out a cautious foot , ready to withdraw it immediately if she encountered so much as a hint of him . |
| 25 | Oh the idea of saving now for this year 's Christmas present , there 's one small snag , it will cost around £60,000 . |
| 26 | Surely he could tell she was acting now for all she was worth ? |
| 27 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 28 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 29 | he wheedled , looking around for any likely victims . |
| 30 | ‘ So , I started looking around for another job and heard that Mike Martinez , the agent , was looking for someone to do some secretarial work and some negotiating , and that he preferred English girls for such work . |