Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " . |
| 2 | Liam complained that he had plenty to do with the new shop opening for him to be running around after doctors — ‘ just because a couple of kiddies are sick ’ . |
| 3 | The four nations have also announced a ban on herring-fishing , claiming that the species is dangerously over-harvested , and are pressing for it to be registered under Appendix I of CITES ( which bans all exploitation ) . |
| 4 | You never say , I 'm depressed , and they 're never really listening for you to actually say how you really are . |
| 5 | At the same time , I was refusing for her to be brought to the prison because although I wanted to see her more than anything , I was damn sure she was n't going to come to prison and see me . |
| 6 | ‘ Let me do that for you , ’ he said , for it did not seem fitting for her to be pouring out drinks . |
| 7 | It would seem fitting for it to be converted and put to some useful purpose , retaining what remains of its equipment , before the deterioration becomes too great . |
| 8 | Will my hon. Friend give greater and more sympathetic consideration to the question that has just been asked , because those of us who understand cask-conditioned ale — real beer — know that it is extremely damaging for it to be dispensed under pressure ? |
| 9 | Our motoring culture has a price all too evident to the police investigating car crime , to the victims of road accidents , and the nurses caring for them to the one in seven children suffering from asthma and the environment , as more and more areas of the countryside are carved up to make way for roads . |
| 10 | It also proposes that all components for a motorcycle must be approved for each model of machine so bikers could not use alternative tyres , for example , without paying for them to be tested and approved for their motorcycle . |
| 11 | The company were unable to sell the redundant equipment and finally had to resort to paying for it to be broken up and taken away for scrap : a sad end to a long and honourable career . |
| 12 | Maintenance costs will be reduced because the engine will stay in tune — and you wo n't be paying for it to be stripped and decarbonised . |
| 13 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 14 | Look , I do n't know a lot about this sort of thing , but surely it would go in your favour if you went to the police and told them everything of your own accord without waiting for them to … to … ? ’ |
| 15 | I 'm waiting for them to well they 're going to fix it soon . |
| 16 | I know that there will be people just waiting for me to be injured and say ‘ I told you so ’ but I am confident that , this time , it 's not going to happen . ’ |
| 17 | Are you waiting for me to simply sweep away all your maidenly protests ? |
| 18 | Rudely , without waiting for him to hand it to her , she snatched it out of his hand , then anxiously turned over the scrawled papers one by one . |
| 19 | She was waiting for him to rant on — her face coolly patient . |
| 20 | This is no problem if you are in BBCBASIC(Z80) 's immediate mode where the computer is waiting for you to type something . |
| 21 | You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong . |
| 22 | Following this ritual , she was separated from Annabel while waiting for it to be decided which class she would attend first . |
| 23 | I have in fact si since seeing this sent her a copy of the paper I put to this meeting , erm , having seen that , because I did n't know that she was waiting for it to the commentary with . |
| 24 | For in between the two pages of words he had brought himself off , face stretched tight with lust , mind gurgling with images of the girl with black hair and red boots kneeling on a bed so that her full young breasts with long pink nipples dangled into his palms as he mounted her from behind , calling for her to cream , baby , cream . |
| 25 | In late September , she killed a dog , and 300 local people signed a petition calling for her to be removed . |
| 26 | He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement . |
| 27 | The Foreign Office is calling for them to be freed on bail.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 28 | Some Party members , however , were calling for it to be banned . |
| 29 | Furious Geet FM bosses have organised huge public meetings and demonstrations calling for it to be allowed to remain on the air . |
| 30 | However , Zafy rejected the settlement on Nov. 7 , calling for it to be renegotiated in order to re-balance the powers of the various transitional authorities . |