Example sentences of "[conj] they [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 2 | LABOUR Party branch members in Crook let it be known that they are looking for new blood to inject a little life and optimism into their ranks . |
| 3 | French Socialists prepare to feast on crumbs of comfort The Socialists have been told so often that they are heading for total rout in tomorrow 's election that they will be relieved if they manage the 20 per cent predicted by the polls , writes Diana Geddes in Paris |
| 4 | Did anyone out there , when they saw the movie , realize that they were smoking for real ? |
| 5 | The strongest signal of Moscow 's fury with the intransigent Romanian regime came when Pravda , the Communist Party daily newspaper , reported favourably on the demonstrators in Timisoara , saying that they were looking for rapid reforms in the country . |
| 6 | He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service . |
| 7 | Now they 've come out the front door and the bus is running er coming down the road so they 're running for that bus , so they 're using up their energy , the insulin level 's there , but the energy level is going down . |
| 8 | Milton Keynes police have set up an incident room and they 're appealing for any witnesses . |
| 9 | Milton Keynes police have set up an incident room and they 're appealing for any witnesses . |
| 10 | because people are dissatisfied with the treatment and they 're paying for that treatment and they 're dissatisfied , so you always get complaints whether you pay or not |
| 11 | The Americans owe the company money and they 're waiting for that and also the , they sold one of the machines at the exhibition so , and they 've had some enquiries , so hopefully they 'll bring some work in . |
| 12 | And they are looking for local sponsorship . |
| 13 | The Publicity Sub-Committee is hoping to produce a souvenir magazine as part of our 30th Anniversary and they are looking for likely candidates to help form a working party . |
| 14 | Tommy Drennan and Mr O'Donnell came next and they were looking for two to bring up the rear . |
| 15 | Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door . |
| 16 | ( He advised that this should be done soon , because the wall was badly soaked , and they were asking for dry rot . ) |
| 17 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 18 | When you can get choice of them , if they 're going for forty over a piece ! |
| 19 | A My advice would be to telephone around your local salons to ask if they are looking for suitable ‘ house models ’ . |
| 20 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 21 | But Barons came back to lead 4-3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat . |
| 22 | But they 're looking for more erm sales staff ! |
| 23 | Overseas visitors are still coming here but they 're staying for shorter periods and spending less money . |
| 24 | Yeah , yeah bu yeah , but they are rehearsing for two and a half hours . |
| 25 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 26 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 27 | Rare , even bizarre , circumstances aside , it never profits a monopolist to do more when customers are signaling for less , or less when they are signaling for more ’ . |