Example sentences of "[adv] be [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 've only been skiing for a short while . |
| 2 | Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers . |
| 3 | Therefore I would not necessarily be looking for a secretarial position , and would be open to other suggestions . |
| 4 | like I 've just said , I 've just been speaking for a whole lesson , my voice is just I 've got to talk to you to explain what we 're doing , so let's quietly |
| 5 | On June 21 Kurt Waldheim , 72 , announced that he would not be standing for a second term as President in the elections due in 1992 . |
| 6 | A Palace spokesman said : ‘ The letter is a forgery but we will not be pressing for a criminal inquiry . |
| 7 | The reason for this is that the sub-continent 's representatives will still be competing for a one-day pot in Sharjah until the 20th . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ We are confident we will still be operating for a long time to come . |
| 9 | Public funding is being withdrawn from research and development which is of direct benefit to growers — like the evaluation of different varieties in the National Fruit Trials at Brogdale — but the Government will still be paying for a substantial amount of horticultural research at a number of centres spread across the country . |
| 10 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 11 | The stable , who may lose head lad Paddy Rudkin for a training job with Sheikh Mohammed in the Gulf at the end of the season , will also be looking for a new assistant trainer with Simon Bray leaving to gain more experience in America . |
| 12 | Unix International , which , like OSF , says it can no longer afford the $1m annual cost of membership ( UX No 404 ) will also be looking for a new role within the organisation come the end of 1992 . |
| 13 | She will also be going for a different image . |
| 14 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 15 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 16 | At other times you may simply be looking for a good story with situations and characters which will interest and entertain your students . |
| 17 | Well were going for a long weekend , like the Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 18 | Here 's hoping for a Merry Christmas . |
| 19 | This may be of advantage to the developer too , attracting passers-by , even though they may initially be looking for a short cut . |