Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's never going to rumble through the floor in the way that a similarly priced 4x10 would , but they 're obviously catering for a gap in the market which is n't being filled very successfully . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 3 | in a family , you 're not applying for a job in a family , you 're applying work in a children in a group . |
| 4 | Staff at Watford Gap say they 're not looking for a place in the annals of high cuisine , just to continue making their customers a nice cup of tea in the morning or a nice cup of tea with their tea . |
| 5 | On 5 August he made a statement in which he said that Spain " was not begging for a place in any international organization and would certainly not accept any such place unless it were commensurate with her historical importance , size of population and her services to peace and culture " , including neutrality during the Second World War . |
| 6 | By late November , in a mood not far from suicidal , he was in London once more , desperately hoping for a win in the Irish Lottery ; but when that last hope failed , he used the only means he could find of acting decisively . |
| 7 | Deeside Dragons , still searching for a point in the Heineken British League First Division , have released the Americans Tim McGee and Tim Caddo . |
| 8 | ‘ But hardly fitting for a creature in my position . ’ |
| 9 | Denmark , the Netherland and Belgium are also aiming for a cut in emissions . |
| 10 | ‘ And Gabby turned out to be particularly good , which saved him from having to do the usual terrible , crap jobs that the Hawaiians had to do , and he ended up playing for a living in just about every joint in Hawaii — and there were lots of them in those days , because live music was a big thing . |
| 11 | FORMER Bishop Auckland and Gateshead full back Paul Doolan has been released by Barrow , and is now looking for a club in the North-East . |
| 12 | Doctors opposed to the trade are now calling for a change in the law to make transplants from dead bodies legal . |
| 13 | Flavio Titolo was blinded in a car crash , but is now studying for a degree in fine art . |
| 14 | Even allowing for a difference in the extent of lateralisation of executive aspects of speech , revealed by the Wada test , and receptive aspects , tapped by the dichotic listening technique , this figure of IS per cent is too high to accord with the evidence from brain damaged populations . |
| 15 | British Telecommunications Plc says that the bid by AT&T Co to operate in the UK could speed liberalisation of the key North Atlantic telecommunications route , and reckons that the matter could be settled within months ; AT&T says that it would much preferred to have entered the UK market with a local partner but saw no prospect of that ( it had been negotiating with Cable & Wireless Plc for a stake in Mercury Communications Ltd ; meanwhile each side throws regulatory brickbats at the other , with AT&T complaining that it has to deal — on a confidential basis — with British Telecom on interconnect and access charges where in the US , charges are much lower and have to be applied within the operator 's own business as well — and that simply applying for a licence in the UK costs $70,000 against just $610 in the US ; British Telecom complains that it was n't allowed to increase its 20% stake in McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and achieve a management position — and likely would be barred from buying MCI Communications Inc , where AT&T would be free to buy Vodafone Group Plc — or even Mercury , outright , if it wanted to . |
| 16 | Wander around looking for a boy in half-dead trainers with green Dayglo socks showing through . |
| 17 | For years they suffered in silence while barriers were pranged , concrete bollards damaged and other cars blocked in as the 23-year-old careered around looking for a space in the car park . |
| 18 | ‘ We may eventually have a slightly longer season — even accounting for a reduction in Premier League matches . |
| 19 | There were teddy bears and pandas seemingly fighting for a place in an armchair . |
| 20 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 21 | This last remark was addressed to Grant , who was indeed waiting for a break in Curtis 's verbal flow , in order to get a word in . |
| 22 | In 1937 , Abu Khadra went to study science in Beirut and attended the American University — as David Damiani was to do four years later — but he did not like the course and returned to Jaffa , eventually settling for a degree in journalism at the American University in Cairo . |
| 23 | Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party . |