Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyeing the police car , she wondered whether it belonged to Officer Hassan and whether it was worth hanging around for a word with him . |
| 2 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 3 | A few of the songs here appeared on Setzer 's ‘ The Knife Feels Like Justice ’ records , but this new LP is still probably worth checking out for the rumbling ‘ ( Do n't Sell My Daddy ) No More Whiskey ’ . |
| 4 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 5 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 6 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 7 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 8 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 9 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 10 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 12 | Manager Dick Graham immediately went back to his former club , West Bromwich Albion , and purchased Welsh International , Tony Millington to take over but , by the end of the year it was Jackson who was earning praise in the Palace goal after standing in for the injured Welshman and making his home debut against Cardiff on 28 November 1964 , and by the end of the season ‘ Jacko ’ , as he became popularly called , was in undisputed possession |
| 13 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 14 | After messing about for a while , they roped in drummer Anthony — Derbyshire born , now a Nottingham resident — and discovered common musical ground . |
| 15 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 16 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 17 | The next night Geoffrey Appleyard went in alone , and after scouting round for the two agents he was to meet , he abandoned all caution , running up and down the beach shouting for them and waving his torch . |
| 18 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 19 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 20 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 21 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 22 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 23 | So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away . |
| 24 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 25 | Austin , Texas-based , Tivoli Systems Inc has appointed Chris Grafft as vice president of Unix development : the distributed management software company , which has collected $6m in venture money so far , is thinking of going out for a ‘ few million ’ more in a third round . |
| 26 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 27 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 28 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 29 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 30 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |