Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for some [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes it easier , in principle , to ‘ see ’ how many hypotheses are competing for some portion of an utterance , for example , and to decide which are the most promising given the evidence . |
| 2 | The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS . |
| 3 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're looking for some kind of … counselling , ’ says Riva , ‘ I 'll ask my father if he knows of anyone who … ’ |
| 5 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 6 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 7 | The appendix on useful verbs should come in handy for those not up on adventure jargon , but be careful with the address section — a lot of them are now out of date so be prepared for some lack of response in some cases . |
| 8 | From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern . |
| 9 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
| 10 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 11 | In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating . |
| 12 | Then there was Aengus , the youngest : his owlish glasses made him look studious and he was the only Foley boy not to be chosen for some kind of team in the school . |
| 13 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |
| 14 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 15 | Councillors are concerned the new development will mean increased traffic and are to ask for some sort of restrictions for lorries . |
| 16 | Savage , whose injury was so bad he is unable to play at non-League level , is hoping for some kind of runout at Burnden Park on November 17 when Bolton face Manchester City in a joint benefit match for him and Frank Worthington . |
| 17 | Savage , whose injury was so bad he is unable to play at non-League level , is hoping for some kind of runout at Burnden Park on November 17 when Bolton face Manchester City in a joint benefit match for him and Frank Worthington . |
| 18 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 19 | Tormented , Eliot was searching for some sort of salvation . |
| 20 | The commercial terminal was closed for some kind of police operation . |
| 21 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 22 | It implies for example , it was created for some kind of purpose . |
| 23 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
| 24 | The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 . |