Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beware the hackneyed navy suit , unless you can brighten it with a colourful blouse or you 're applying for a job in the City . |
| 2 | They may have a requirement where they are looking for a very high return on capital employed and need to attract and retain the very best people in order to achieve that . |
| 3 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 4 | Okay , so I was looking for a politically active , fat , drunk kleptomaniac . |
| 5 | And as you have pointed out , when I take the lovely Miss Ingram as my bride , you and Adèle must leave the house , so I 'm looking for a new job for you . ’ |
| 6 | She grew up associating ‘ love ’ with an emotional roller-coaster , and although she was looking for a long-term partner , Deborah quickly became bored and dissatisfied in a stable relationship . |
| 7 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 8 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 9 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |
| 10 | It dawned on Folly that she was waiting for a tip and , gathering what she could of her wits , she struggled out of bed to delve in her handbag . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't say that you are looking for a gilded mare too ! ’ |
| 12 | If you do n't already have goals that you are aiming for a ( at work , at home , and in leisure ) , it is advisable for your to spend some time and work out what you really want to achieve . |
| 13 | Your landlady said you was n't married , that you was waiting for a while . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ So you 're looking for a local man , a Loner , someone who has a night job , the use of a car or van and a knowledge of Hymns Ancient and Modern . |
| 15 | Okay so you 're looking for a house or |
| 16 | However , as the real appeal of DTP is in its ability to manipulate pages it 's likely that we are looking for a page makeup product such as PageMaker or its many rivals . |
| 17 | I just wanted to come back on er David Potter 's assertion that we were looking for a a higher allocation under I five and I I thought I 'd specifically covered that point by saying that that was n't what we were looking for because that would n't address the sort of development we 're talking about here . |
| 18 | NSS , in common with virtually every other publication in the country , got its fingers burnt last week as a result of giving too much credence to the pollsters ' consistent message that we were heading for a hung parliament . |
| 19 | Basically this calls for an identification of present requirements and an assessment of likely requirements over the next 5 years , subject to review/upgrading in year 6 ; it may be that our letter conveyed the impression that we were asking for a ‘ 12-year plan ’ , this is not the case . |
| 20 | Joan Daniels ' term of office expires at the 1987 Annual General Meeting , so we are looking for a new treasurer . |
| 21 | ‘ At least it is dry now so we are aiming for a real performance . ’ |
| 22 | Yes , hopefully we 'll get a big crowd today , Ron Atkinson 's coming to present the , the new strip before the game , so we 're hoping for a big crowd . |
| 23 | ‘ So we 're going for a walk , I take it ? |
| 24 | Lastly , just as people looking for jobs are advised to ask around and find out about prospects through the grapevine rather than from official sources , employers too , where appropriate , can let it be known that they are looking for a certain sort of employee . |
| 25 | As for the Socialists , they have been told so often that they are heading for a total rout that they will actually be relieved if they manage to get the 20 per cent which the last polls were predicting . |
| 26 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
| 27 | McLeish thanked him , scrambled up the embankment , drawing in deep breaths , and walked carefully down the side of the track in the sizeable footsteps of his squad , explaining to them that they were looking for a sharp-edged weapon . |
| 28 | LABOUR 'S health spokesman , Mr Robin Cook , claimed during health questions that eye tests were dropping so steeply since charges were imposed earlier this year that they were heading for a fall of three million , but health minister Mrs Virginia Bottomley said the Government had not yet reviewed the effect of charges . |
| 29 | Siemens AG has now acknowledged that it is looking for a strategic partner for its troubled Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , which is facing growing woes over the next couple of years now that the German economy is plunging into what threatens to be deep recession . |
| 30 | He knows that he 's looking for a one-way result . |