Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole area was littered with fragments of mortar which had been chipped out of the wall by workmen getting it ready for re-pointing . |
| 2 | But well they 're obviously doing something different for thinking day in this country . |
| 3 | Finally , some key workers were apprehensive because they saw care programming as one step towards making them responsible for purchasing care , like budget-holding care managers in some social services authorities . |
| 4 | Making them responsible for keeping each other awake at this stage restored a sense of group cohesion and of common purpose , although from this point on some serious changes in behaviour seem to have occurred , marked by emotional outbursts , grossly impolite eating habits and what the authors of the report describe as an " infantilization of personal habits … including toilet and bathing activities " . |
| 5 | Here , bacteria get to work on it , softening it up and making it ready for chewing . |
| 6 | It no longer provides a separate quantum library , making it useless for searching for quantum for common injuries such as a broken limb . |
| 7 | The rustproof Zike weighs less than 25 lb , making it convenient for taking into the office . |
| 8 | This expression has been widely interpreted by the courts as meaning anyone responsible for putting into circulation a product which is not reasonably safe . |