Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 2 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |
| 3 | Medical campaigners say they 're fighting for quality of life . |
| 4 | Rebels say they are heading for victory |
| 5 | They say he was looking for evidence of natura naturans ‘ all-creating nature ’ , rather than natura naturata , ‘ the made world ’ ; in certain seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing of unimpeachable orthodoxy reference is made to anima mundi , a spirit pervading the world and supplying the continuing presence of God . |
| 6 | And when you 're listening you 're watching for body language as well . |
| 7 | He says we are pressing for compensation for more of these men . |
| 8 | It says they are fighting for freedom for their people . |
| 9 | And then you get lots of other unwelcome knocks on the door — one man who says he 's looking for number 11 , another who says he 's a taxi-driver who 's come to the wrong house — and he probably is but his timing is enough to make you rush about panicking and locking the place up like Fort Knox . |
| 10 | Lawn Tennis : Beaten Borg says he 's playing for fun and the fans |
| 11 | He says he is praying for rain , but is n't yet resorting to a rain dance . |
| 12 | But I wa but I was there for a fortnight and when I came back I , you know it 's preparing for Synod just takes all the time we have somehow and I |
| 13 | You feel you 're begging for money … |
| 14 | I 'm thinking towards the eastern European countries , for example , where one is told , or has been led to believe they were aiming for classlessness and what 's happening th barriers are coming down and they 're heading towards our capitalist society as a |
| 15 | I suppose it 's striving for immortality , just being different , making your mark . |
| 16 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 17 | JOHN Major survived the challenge to topple him from Downing Street last night but one leading minister revealed the Government had believed it was heading for defeat . |
| 18 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |
| 19 | The presence of a full moon in your opposite sign this week means you 're heading for conflict with your loved ones . |
| 20 | Premier John Major 's hopes of a victory are on a knife-edge , with Tory rebels claiming they are heading for triumph . |
| 21 | In a way , I think it 's asking for trouble … ’ |
| 22 | But I shall stop to buy some of those beautiful little slate-green lentils for which the district is famous and which a greedy guest of mine recently proclaimed as good as caviare — and also to telephone to Madame Barattero at the Hotel du Midi at Lamastre to say we are coming for dinner . |
| 23 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 24 | In 1984 opinion polls showed that Ronald Reagan would have been decisively defeated had he been running for re-election in Britain . |
| 25 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 26 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 27 | ‘ He said he was looking for enthusiasm and his gut instinct for people . ’ |
| 28 | The sun had not yet risen when Eddie Aikau said he was going for help . |
| 29 | The caller stepped back aghast and stuttered , ‘ I 'm so sorry to disturb you — I see you 're changing for dinner . ’ |
| 30 | How long have you been looking for work ? |