Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pers pn] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
2 | Has he been taking lessons from the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) in arm movements , or perhaps he is auditioning for a part in ’ Thunderbirds ’ ? |
3 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
4 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
5 | In a field landing , or whenever you are trying for a spot landing ( which , of course , should be on every landing ) , the moment you find that you are having to keep full airbrake on continuously , you should start to side-slip and use up the excess height . |
6 | I think there 's some in I think I saw some instructions that ideally they were looking for about something like about four hours of lectures and about four hours of y'know kind of more tutorial like interactions . |
7 | and suddenly she was listening for dogs |
8 | And perhaps they were hoping for an innocence that was long past both of them … |
9 | What about the day she collapsed in the the hairdressers and only we 're going for a drink . |
10 | It was 1973 and already we were preparing for the move to the States . |
11 | The interval bell sounded , and soon I was waiting for Jock to introduce me , and striding on . |
12 | And always he was scratching for crumbs . |
13 | I think , I think more and more we 're going for two , two things . |
14 | Partly I am mesmerised by its spinach-green tanks and cowling , its red pulleys , dogs and levers , its greasy leather belts , its twitching , glittering blades , stink of hot oil , petrol , exhaust … and partly I am praying for the chance that something — I 've no idea what , but just something — may go wrong … so that I , Jimbo , the firstborn , may step into the breach and save the day . |
15 | ‘ Graham Gooch should have sorted the problem out , he did not , and now we are paying for it . ’ |
16 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |
17 | ‘ They were out of work and underprivileged and now they are working for cut rates . ’ |
18 | I 've spent the last 40 years protesting about all sorts of things and now I 'm protesting for my railway , not theirs , ours . |
19 | A sample : We 're coming in to land at Speke My legs are feeling very weak We 've just returned from Barcelona And now I 'm going for a sauna Toshack is of Scottish descent , and there is certainly a bit of McGonagall in there , though not the best bit . |
20 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
21 | HARDMAN Basile Boli has already left his mark on England 's Psycho — and now he 's gunning for the man they call Attila . |
22 | She had already had one nervous breakdown , which was no doubt a great nuisance to everybody , and now she was heading for something worse : agoraphobia . |
23 | And now she was heading for us , the biro between her teeth , the light of battle glinting behind her frameless glasses . |
24 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
25 | well er he 's still getting certain things in like doors I think and er , what have you , but er , and then he 's going for the D I Y sort of stuff now , I think he 's stocking that |
26 | And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school . |
27 | That 's no problem , so you 're looking for ten thousand pounds worth of life cover for yourself and then you 're looking for twenty eight to thirty thousand for your daughter projected forward |
28 | And then I was coughing for ages then mum goes oh you , I go oh , I feel terrible ! |
29 | But when I looked down , I saw the board was all made of bones and wire ; and I screamed and you said , " Swim — everybody swim " ; and then I was looking for you everywhere and trying to drag you out of a hole in the bank . |
30 | ‘ And there I was waiting for you , in such a state ever since Kukrit came back late from the airport and said he 'd missed you , ’ Jeremy replies , suggesting with automatic but irrelevant chivalry that they are lovers separated from their tryst with one another . |