Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCIENTISTS have found a way to put ripe pineapples ‘ to sleep ’ so they are ready for eating when they go on sale . |
| 2 | If the originals are being shot to a numbered shooting script , it makes the material easier to identify for editing if you record the shot number onto the beginning of each take . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that Hilton says in chapter ten of Mixed Life that the nobleman who is like Jacob married to Rachel and Leah will only become Israel " is verri contemplatif " ( 33.374 – 5 ) , if he is released from worldly responsibilites there is no ground for suggesting that he meant to rule out the possibility of the most profound kind of contemplative experience for the man in mixed life . |
| 4 | Two symbols are therefore used , S indicating a specialist technical contribution and E identifying the person responsible for seeing that they do get together . |
| 5 | gon na give it you for microwaving if you wanted it . |
| 6 | Then they packed another basket with some ro is for the journey , and flour and potatoes and pots and pans for cooking when they reached the Bazaar , |
| 7 | Next month I will finally fall of the back page , to be replaced by columns of Classified Ads inserted by 60-year-old male Vl Diff leaders seeking 24-year-old female partners for climbing and what have you . |
| 8 | Congratulations to the Mail On Sunday for checking before they stole the story , and to Passenger for being the first London shop to stock up on robots . |
| 9 | The case , Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. , arose from the attempt of Dan Cohen , a Minnesota political operative , to sue two of the state 's largest newspapers for revealing that he had leaked information to them . |
| 10 | Liverpool inevitably became the centre for disputes about rate-capping for excessive expenditure , and then for surcharging when it tried to defy the government over expenditure cuts . |
| 11 | It 's one of the kick-backs you get for looking like I look . |
| 12 | However , rather than seeing this as an excuse for living as they pleased , the Calvinists believed that success in work and in trade was a sign that they were one of the elect rather than one of the damned . |
| 13 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 14 | Yet the paradox is that we only use the word hypocrisy when we have reasons for believing that we have found the thing itself . |
| 15 | This is certainly possible , but we do have some theoretical reasons for believing that we have , or are very near to , a knowledge of the ultimate building blocks of nature . |
| 16 | Indeed , in 1781 the philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote a monumental and very obscure work , The Critique of Pure Reason , in which he concluded that there were equally valid arguments both for believing that the universe had a beginning and for believing that it did not . |
| 17 | Now whenever I speak , this provides grounds for believing that I have vocal chords ; but it does not express that fact . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank you for remembering that I wanted to see Karlovy Vary , ’ she opened sincerely . |
| 19 | In the present circumstances , when most people have the same beliefs about killing we do , that fact is not our dominant reason for acting as we think we should . |
| 20 | Let's say your friend misinterpreted your motive for acting as you did . |
| 21 | But he can rarely know whether or not the policeman has good grounds for acting as he does , and in so far as there is a conflict between the citizen and the policeman , the reasonable suspicions of the policeman must take priority . |
| 22 | Neither judge could be faulted for acting as he did , Lord Lane added . |
| 23 | And I 've no power of attorney — so any banker can take that as a good and valid reason for waiting until you return . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He is getting the new ham out of the fridge for selling when we open at five . |
| 25 | It is no use having a racket for volleying if it does n't help other parts of your game . ’ |
| 26 | But this means that there can be no justification for supposing that anything remains identical " per se " . |
| 27 | One could therefore have been forgiven for wondering if he took it all totally seriously . |
| 28 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 29 | Erm used for troubleshooting when it does n't start . |
| 30 | He has a genius for conducting but he does n't enjoy doing it . |