Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
| 2 | Walking for money THOSE not up to the London Marathon can instead walk for charity in aid of Enterprise Neptune , the National Trust 's appeal to save unspoilt countryside . |
| 3 | Murray has brought in a couple of good players and reckons Hartlepool have a fair chance of challenging for promotion this season — and I think he 's right . |
| 4 | Begin to revise and redraft in discussion with the teacher , other adults , or other children in the class , paying attention to meaning and clarity as well as checking for matters such as correct and consistent use of past tenses and pronouns . |
| 5 | ‘ She will start training for Wimbledon this weekend , ’ added her agent , but he admitted her playing in the year 's third Grand Slam tournament was ‘ not a certainty ’ . |
| 6 | In looking for significance some critics took a sociological line but perhaps psychology was a better guide . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're looking for deals all the time . |
| 8 | erm er then it does help , if you 're looking for P less than point O five , and are n't we all these days , erm |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't win anything last season , so I 'm looking for success this season . |
| 10 | Similarly departmental was recognised as ‘ deparl-mental ’ , so looking for sequences such as ‘ l- ’ and substituting t would give the correct result ( also y for ‘ vj ’ , a for ‘ c\ ’ , and there may well be others ) . |
| 11 | I said to her you 'll just looking for fault all the time you are I said that 's |
| 12 | In searching for publications this will give a skewed result for those supervisors who always name themselves as the first author in multi-authored works . |
| 13 | There 's scores of Central South folk heading for Wales this weekend to ride and run in one of the great adventure races … its the annual Horse v Man V Mountain Bike challenge … local people have won the race for the last five years … and you can if the winning run or ride continues when we bring you the highlights on Monday … |
| 14 | But going for gold these days is more down to money than motivation . |
| 15 | Oakes is going for Ballasarly in the two thirty five Cheltenham , Leslie 's going for Leotard that 's the top weight in the first at one twenty five er oh in the second . |
| 16 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 17 | Bell Atlantic Corp 's Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania is restructuring its debt to reduce its interest charges : it is calling for redemption all its outstanding 8.75% debentures due July 15 2015 and will pay 104.24% of principal plus accrued interest , and has offered $150m of 6.875% debentures due March 15 2003 at $98.90% to yield 6.275% . |
| 18 | Already rationalised by Babbage , it was later given its most explicit and systematic expression by F.W. Taylor , whose project was to eliminate the autonomy of the worker by appropriating for management any remaining knowledge or skill involved in the direct production process , to analyse and codify the components of the labour process and thereby to permit the management to lay down standard rules for the expenditure of labour power . |
| 19 | Lukic looked a lot better by the end of the night , plucking out a few high balls as happily as Seaman had been doing for Arse all night . |
| 20 | So what you 're doing for prep this weekend is very exam . |
| 21 | While he will be teaching at Watson 's College on his return , Storie wo n't be performing for Watsonians this season , but is anxious to continue playing in Scotland . |
| 22 | So when you hear people who are in shock , they 'll be okay and that 's how they are , they 're panting , breath , right , very fast and very shallow , they 're not calm , they 're panting for breath all the time , okay , so that 's how you see them . |
| 23 | They forecast that the Scottish white fish fleet of more than 600 boats will have little choice but to continue fishing for species such as cod and whiting , even though haddock will also be caught . |
| 24 | Well they 'll all be fighting for life all of a sudden |
| 25 | For the lips , Yves Rocher follows the ‘ blood-red ’ theme which seems to be emerging for lips this autumn , with a new Long & Lasting Lipstick shade called Rouge Authentique . |
| 26 | In order to ensure fair play in this situation , those who kept within the regulation in this matter must be the first to be given the option ( ability proven , of course ) of playing for England this winter and subsequently for at least two years . |
| 27 | There was a tough little five-eighth — what you insist on calling a stand-off half — playing for Kempsey that day . |
| 28 | He replaces Dave Mitchell , who injured his ankle while playing for Australia this week . |
| 29 | Suspension notice Under s14 of CPA 1987 , an enforcement authority which has reasonable grounds for suspecting that any safety provision relating to any goods has been contravened , is empowered to serve a notice prohibiting the person for up to six months from supplying , offering or exposing for supply those goods . |
| 30 | In early August the plan was for it to stop at Didcot for servicing on Friday , September 11 , prior to leaving for Bournemouth that evening . |