Example sentences of "[verb] he be [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lawn Tennis : Beaten Borg says he 's playing for fun and the fans |
| 4 | He says he is praying for rain , but is n't yet resorting to a rain dance . |
| 5 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |
| 6 | In 1984 opinion polls showed that Ronald Reagan would have been decisively defeated had he been running for re-election in Britain . |
| 7 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 8 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 9 | ‘ He said he was looking for enthusiasm and his gut instinct for people . ’ |
| 10 | The sun had not yet risen when Eddie Aikau said he was going for help . |
| 11 | However , like Olson , Hildyard and Greenfield , Lyons does not allow such qualifications to impinge on the general claims he is making for literacy . |