Example sentences of "[pron] be fighting for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am fighting for them as much as for the shareholders . |
| 2 | So I am fighting for the profession . |
| 3 | ‘ I am fighting for the return of the community spirit , that is basically what my whole campaign stands for . ’ |
| 4 | this is what I 'm fighting for , I 'm fighting for equal rights , and I 'm fighting to get more women into further education cos I think it 's it 's a very basic that we all need to go into and it 's hard , and the openings are n't there women to go into , you 've got to fight for it , yeah ! |
| 5 | this is what I 'm fighting for , I 'm fighting for equal rights , and I 'm fighting to get more women into further education cos I think it 's it 's a very basic that we all need to go into and it 's hard , and the openings are n't there women to go into , you 've got to fight for it , yeah ! |
| 6 | you tell mother when I were fighting for me country , he ai n't got a bloody scratch on him now |
| 7 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 8 | I endeavoured to impress upon them that the cause I was fighting for was that of women and children . |
| 9 | CRUCIAL talks will be held today over the future of Monktonhall Colliery in Midlothian which is fighting for survival . |
| 10 | Tupper , robust in his comment as always , regarded the " employment of cheap Chinese labour as an act of treachery towards the British Nation which was fighting for its life " . |
| 11 | The Tigers , who are fighting for military supremacy in the Tamil-dominated north and east of the island , told a news conference their political wing would be known as the People 's Front of the Liberation Tigers . |
| 12 | Detailing for de Cuellar the damage done to Iraq 's civilian population and culture by five days of Allied bombing , Aziz declared , ‘ You personally bear responsibility to history and mankind for the heinous crimes being committed against the noble people of Iraq who are fighting for their freedom . ’ |
| 13 | I am happy to say that the farmers of the United Kingdom believe in this ministerial team and in the Government , who are fighting for them against the proposals of the European Community . |
| 14 | He must know , at the very least , that a great many more are coming , through Svein , with men in them who are fighting for money . |
| 15 | While it may be fine to have a small puppy sharing your bed , you will face a battle to remain in place if you are fighting for space with a large adult Irish Wolfhound . |
| 16 | " Mr Rayne , d' you consider it honourable to profit from the distress of your comrades … of the men , women and children with whom you are fighting for your life ? " |
| 17 | Presumably you 're fighting for old-fashioned manners . |
| 18 | ‘ Sometimes I wonder , trooper , just who you 're fighting for . |
| 19 | ‘ If you 're fighting for Her Majesty , you have my support , ’ he said rather emotionally . |
| 20 | Lee felt as if she were fighting for her life . |
| 21 | The two men who were fighting for the title met privately . |
| 22 | I was a fervent supporter of the Ibos of Biafra , who were fighting for their independence against the rest of Nigeria . |
| 23 | I felt happy to know honourable people who were fighting for the common good , that is to say , for justice ’ ( Neruda : 1974 , p. 435 ) . |
| 24 | On Sept. 22 the Lebanese army peacefully took control of the main training base in the Bekaa valley for Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) guerrillas who were fighting for autonomy from Turkey . |
| 25 | Mrs Armitage says she 's fighting for other families too . |
| 26 | But who 's erm who 's fighting for their daughter or girlfriend |
| 27 | ‘ I fear my cousin will never relinquish her claim , since she is fighting for a position that she considers to be her son 's heritage as well as her own . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Canavan , who is fighting for re-election as MP for Falkirk West and has been a prominent member of PLCND , said : ‘ I have always been proud to be a member of CND and will continue to campaign vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament within the Labour Party . |
| 29 | She was fighting for air and space — and then she lost her balance . |
| 30 | ‘ What I like about Boadicea , ’ she says , ‘ is that she was n't in conflict with men ; she was fighting for her people , men and women , against an outside aggressor . |