Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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1 | That was the sort of thing I could imagine Denny and Kay going in for , at least in theory . |
2 | Sid James , Joan Sims , Kenneth Connor , Charles Hawtrey , Jim Dale and Ken linking up for once with Sheila Hancock in this epic which seemed to satisfy everybody . |
3 | Jahsaxa swept into the tasteful reception room she 'd been keeping Roirbak and Tammuz waiting in for over half an hour . |
4 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
5 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |