Example sentences of "[verb] they be [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | It says they are fighting for freedom for their people . |
| 6 | Later , both Dustin and Voight avowed they were rooting for Wayne , despite the wide political divergence between them and the older star . |
| 7 | Mr Caterall said that when the men were arrested they claimed they were hunting for foxes . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 10 | Although they did n't actually mention it , he said , he began to realise they were looking for suggestions that rituals had taken place , that he and his wife were part of it , and that their children were victims . |
| 11 | They can no longer plead they thought they were digging for foxes , which are not protected , for that is how they escaped conviction in the past . |
| 12 | A new bill , which will become law in October , will close a legal loophole which allows unscrupulous badger diggers to avoid prosecution by claiming they are digging for foxes . |
| 13 | Premier John Major 's hopes of a victory are on a knife-edge , with Tory rebels claiming they are heading for triumph . |
| 14 | COLA Director Gerry Thompson said they are waiting for ideas to formulate . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In answer to our enquiries they said they were waiting for goods coming from Egypt to receive customs clearance . |
| 17 | Labour 's campaign coordinator Jack Cunningham was forced to apologise yesterday to Hexham woman Caroline Drain after her name was included without her permission on a list of people who had telephoned the health hotline to say they were waiting for operations . |