Example sentences of "[verb] they 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 | It says they are fighting for freedom for their people . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 8 | Premier John Major 's hopes of a victory are on a knife-edge , with Tory rebels claiming they are heading for triumph . |
| 9 | 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 . |