Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then raised the possibility that ‘ there is indeed a faction within MI5 which is gunning for the former prime minister ( and by implication the whole Labour leadership ) . ’ |
| 2 | They 're also acting as one of the major exhibition venues for Oxfordshire Artweek , which is running for the last 2 weeks in May . |
| 3 | erm And if we are going to compete in world sport then erm and if we have to apply like Manchester , who 's applying for the Olympic Games , we have to have the appropriate stadia . |
| 4 | It is also clear that in the last two weeks the whole country , as it heard different voices and different noises , has wondered who is speaking for the Labour party . |
| 5 | THE number of marriages between a divorcee and someone who is marrying for the first time is on the slide . |
| 6 | Therefore , it is said , one is looking for the actual cost of providing that benefit for the employee . |
| 7 | It 's calling for the two men to be released on bail immediately . |
| 8 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 9 | Ferranti-Thomson Sonar Systems UK Ltd , based in Stockport , is to use the T9000 Transputer in the Active Dipping Sonar it is developing for the Royal Navy 's £100m Merlin Anti-Submarine Warfare helicopter . |
| 10 | It is challenging for the same leadership in applications software . |
| 11 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |
| 12 | He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way . |
| 13 | Deport Peter Schmichael for having an out of date work permit , let Scumtona and Hughes run off to the Cayman Islands for a peaceful life together , Ryans potty training to let him down at home games as well as away , Lee Sharpe to OD on E and think he 's playing for the best team in the country . |
| 14 | I mean , I 'm definitely a feminist , but I 'm not a man hater , but I mean I think everyone 's looking for the new term and |