Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supermarkets themselves say they 're catering for increasing customer demand , customers too seem to reinforce that attitude . |
| 2 | I find it difficult to understand those who say they are planning for next year 's championships — what is the point , they could be run over by a bus before next year ? |
| 3 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 4 | But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target . |
| 5 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 6 | In the space of a week no fewer than five North Harbour players of various stature announced they were leaving for substantial playing-working contracts in Japan , ranging from two to three years . |
| 7 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 8 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 9 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 10 | I think they are settling for next season hoping that Leeds do n't have a terrible season this year . |
| 11 | If real wages are lower , then in the short run employment will rise to and output to i.e. output rises above its equilibrium level because people are ‘ fooled ’ into thinking they are working for real wage when they are actually working for real wage . |
| 12 | Tonight the police said they are checking for any similarities with previous attacks . |
| 13 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 14 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 15 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 16 | But a young couple with a seven-year-old daughter said they were leaving for good . |