Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 2 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |
| 3 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 4 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 5 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 6 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 7 | As we have said , couples are engaged in a kind of dance , moving towards each other and then drawing apart , constantly searching for a comfortable balance in their relationship . |
| 8 | This is an expanding market of course and potential sponsors are constantly searching for an appropriate product on which they can lavish their money . |
| 9 | Perhaps going for a moonlit swim before making love under the stars . |
| 10 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 11 | It can be interpreted more narrowly as merely calling for an incidental adjustment in the form of an annotation of the present birth register . |
| 12 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 13 | Calera are obviously aiming for the mass market . |
| 14 | With these species , go for calmer water ( perhaps opting for the air-powered foam filter ) and consider planting natural plants in pots , or at least add a layer of Duckweed , Azolla , or other floating plant at the surface to encourage bubble nesting in Gouramis . |
| 15 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 16 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 17 | I 'm afraid I ca n't see much changing for the red scouse game on saturday , though . |
| 18 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 19 | Jamila said nothing and Helen was eager to talk about Charlie , a subject on which she was obviously preparing for an advanced degree . |
| 20 | When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast . |
| 21 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 22 | If there is no local museum , there may be a professional archaeologist in the area , perhaps working for the local authority . |
| 23 | Oliver wondered why Angelina was not clamouring for a new vote in order to support her fiancé and decided that this was some further infamous plan on her part . |
| 24 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 25 | At the Edinburgh summit the richest , most powerful European nations waste their time desperately seeking for a clever-dick way to con Danish voters in a second referendum . |
| 26 | That 's why I sympathise with Audrey and I feel sure she 's not looking for a new man . |
| 27 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 28 | No I 'm not , I 'm not looking for a new penknife at all boy |
| 29 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 30 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |