Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 're still waiting for a green form extension to grant t t to be granted |
| 32 | ‘ That 's a fair assumption , although we 're still waiting for the full results from the post-mortem . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ You 're still applying for the wrong jobs , ’ she said , with more than a hint of exasperation . |
| 34 | You 're always looking for a four on a par-5 , but at that stage you 'd take it as long as your main opposition has n't gone away . |
| 35 | You 're always going for the safe line , no involvement and no chance of damage . |
| 36 | In debt and in the middle of a takeover battle , they 're also looking for a new manager . |
| 37 | They 're probably making for the cool thickets on this side of the river to avoid the heat . |
| 38 | The British Antarctic Survey forms a key component of the Natural Environment Research Council , and we 're now looking for an experienced Electron Microscopist to manage the new SEM facility at our Cambridge headquarters . |
| 39 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ It 's more and more difficult to sell the fruit to supermarkets because they 're almost asking for the impossible , ’ he said . |
| 41 | At the end of the decade it seems we 're either yearning for an American Fifties image or sinking into a nihilism of all-black clothes . |
| 42 | But the furore is certain to bump up Rogan 's sales among Smiths fan who — even after all these years — are still pining for the last great rock band . |
| 43 | Hereford are still searching for the winning touch … goal man Chris Pike was out of luck on saturday … out of sorts too he went off still feeling the affects of flu … |
| 44 | ‘ Japanese players are still hunting for the ultimate barcode 18 months after the game first went on sale . |
| 45 | The winter sales may be coming to an end … but Gloucester 's rugby men are still looking for a few late bargains when they head north to Sale this weekend . |
| 46 | I think that perhaps some people are still looking for the Great White Hope , as they did in the days of John L. Sullivan , the first black World Heavyweight boxing champion . |
| 47 | Last night , a police spokesman said : ‘ We are still looking for the two boys , aged about 10-14 years … |
| 48 | Police are still looking for the other man . |
| 49 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 50 | But , thank God , we now have the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation , and the World Health Organisation , but alas , are still waiting for the developed countries to engage in this world-wide task . |
| 51 | This is because we are still waiting for the connecting bus from Wolverhampton … ‘ ! |
| 52 | In 1773 when raw silk was difficult to obtain , the owner of a throwing mill in Sherborne wrote : … having discharged many of my hands which are either starving , or are become burdensome to the town , others are incessantly crying for a little work and could they obtain but a morsel of Barley-bread they are happy , they very often go days with little or no nourishment … the continued cries of the poor people complaining for want of the necessaries of life as well for want of employment is shocking indeed … and what is worse the overseers are not so bountiful to the necessitous as I could wish . |
| 53 | The Football League hierarchy are also looking for a new TV deal for their revamped competition and they also still have to meet sponsors Barclays to discuss the final year of their deal . |
| 54 | The TV companies that own ITN are also clamouring for a higher bid . |
| 55 | At the same time , elements of the 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ( 1 RFF ) , one of two non-parachute-trained battalions in the brigade , are also preparing for an airborne operation . |
| 56 | FULL-TIME Communication , the satellite television company which has offered English football £500 million over 10 years , are also bidding for the glamorous final stages of the European Cup . |
| 57 | But four Norwegian offshore businesses are also fighting for the lucrative work . |
| 58 | Commentators are also pressing for a staggered implementation , with companies being allowed to report progress on compliance for a given period of time . |
| 59 | As I oversee the finishing touches of this Christmas issue of Pipeline , I am also preparing for a special production of my own ! |
| 60 | But the second games started , Merton would move , striding like a supermarket trolley attendant into the ring and ignoring all the ‘ rules ’ of improvisational comedy that the other clever-clever types had been carefully developing for the previous few years . |