Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | and suddenly she was listening for dogs |
| 7 | And perhaps they were hoping for an innocence that was long past both of them … |
| 8 | What about the day she collapsed in the the hairdressers and only we 're going for a drink . |
| 9 | It was 1973 and already we were preparing for the move to the States . |
| 10 | The interval bell sounded , and soon I was waiting for Jock to introduce me , and striding on . |
| 11 | And always he was scratching for crumbs . |
| 12 | I think , I think more and more we 're going for two , two things . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Graham Gooch should have sorted the problem out , he did not , and now we are paying for it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They were out of work and underprivileged and now they are working for cut rates . ’ |
| 17 | I 've spent the last 40 years protesting about all sorts of things and now I 'm protesting for my railway , not theirs , ours . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
| 20 | HARDMAN Basile Boli has already left his mark on England 's Psycho — and now he 's gunning for the man they call Attila . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And now she was heading for us , the biro between her teeth , the light of battle glinting behind her frameless glasses . |
| 23 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | And then I was coughing for ages then mum goes oh you , I go oh , I feel terrible ! |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ The longest serving member of staff has been offered the one post that we will be able to fund from the Scottish Education Department for next session and currently we are waiting for a decision on that matter . ’ |