Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 2 | ‘ Also , I 'll be looking for the slag personally , so I reckon between us we should find him . |
| 3 | I 'd be sending for the police . |
| 4 | No doubt as to where I would be standing for the eight-hour day , two miles out to sea . |
| 5 | I will be voting for the motion and I will be voting against the amendment . |
| 6 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 7 | I will be staying for the weekend and going back on the train on Sunday night . |
| 8 | ‘ I take it these anonymous friends of yours will be stayin' for the rest of the party ? ’ |
| 9 | There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation . |
| 10 | But the chances are you 'll be heading for the hills next weekend , and according to the Countryside Commission for Scotland , almost 100,000 of you will be doing so in Scotland ! |
| 11 | Her intervention — after dismissing reports at the weekend that she would be standing for the deputy leadership — will be seen as an attempt to block Mr Gould 's bid for the post . |
| 12 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 13 | Essentially , you will be looking for the fullest possible information , not only about how fantastic the colour is , but about all the other factors we have been discussing , and how candid are the comments on the shortcomings . |
| 14 | By fixing your rate , you know exactly what you will be paying for the next months . |
| 15 | ‘ I do not suppose , however , that you will be applying for the position so I shall wait for Alain to send a few people here for me to see . |
| 16 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 17 | We shall be campaigning for the survival of local government in Cleveland . ’ |
| 18 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 19 | Initially , we were a little uncertain as to the type of adverts to seek and in both your absences I checked with Gerry Senior who was very helpful in advising that we would be looking for the kind of events that might be held in the Centre and not adverts relating to , for example , recruitment . |
| 20 | We will be looking for the team that shows most strength in depth , across a range of ages , and both sexes . |
| 21 | The idea being that if you wanted to move the cloth which we will be doing for the banquet , you just lift it straight off there , hammer some more tenterhooks in somewhere else and put it on there as well . |
| 22 | ‘ We will be going for the Scottish Cup , the Skol Cup , the Premier Division and the UEFA Cup . |
| 23 | ‘ At last we are getting the reward for our hard work and we will be challenging for the world title ourselves in a couple of years , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The section on the management of theatres and arts facilities explains that certain community-based facilities may be exempt and that , provided that subsidies are put up front and form part of the tender process , they may be allowed , yet it is appropriate that there should be tendering for the management of theatres such as the Derngate in Northampton . |
| 25 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 26 | Or indeed they could be heading for the two peaks we had just thrashed . |
| 27 | Darlington have chosen largely unknown Queensland pace bowler Scott Muller as their professional partly because of his qualifications as a coach but if former Lancashire player , Jack Simmons ' opinion proves correct they could be challenging for the title yet again . |
| 28 | The case is hard to argue against , and even harder after a couple of Tories just get up and say flatly that they will be voting for the lady . |
| 29 | Speedie explained later : ‘ When the fan ran on I thought he might be going for the referee , so I tried to intervene . |
| 30 | For experienced marathoners , it could be qualifying for the Boston Marathon . |