Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market . |
| 2 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 3 | ‘ We are pressing hard for a meeting between BAe 's finance director and our lead investor as we are aware that time is slipping by , ’ said Mr Hooke . |
| 4 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 5 | Work is well on , but they are looking particularly for an Aldis gun sight for the project . |
| 6 | This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces . |
| 7 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 8 | Often the local press are looking more for a photo opportunity than a story . |
| 9 | Not an easy one by any stretch of the imagination but it 's one if you 're looking desperately for an equalizer you 'd be hoping to score from . |
| 10 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 11 | We 'll tell her we 're going away for a breather . ’ |
| 12 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 13 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 14 | They may be absolutely fine , and if you 're going there for a number of years , you 've probably got no er problem with them , but of course the smaller the organization the simpler is , it is for other erm factors to creep in . |
| 15 | Has Mum told you that we 're going out for a Chinese ? |
| 16 | Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ? |
| 17 | These friends from up north are coming for the weekend , so we 're going out for the weekend |
| 18 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |
| 19 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 20 | Movement , scent and sound can give you away when you 're heading in for a close up shot . |
| 21 | Why do n't the B B C , both radio and television , take advertising , and then we not only would not need to pay an extra twenty quid , we probably would n't need to pay the eighty odd pounds that we 're paying already for a colour television licence . |
| 22 | Cos you 're paying actually for the boxes , it says . |
| 23 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 24 | ‘ You 're holding out for a wedding-ring , ’ he said flatly . |
| 25 | ‘ So we 're bunking off for a day or two . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're crying out for a replacement for Gary Lineker , ’ said Horton , ‘ and a front two of Bull and Shearer does n't sound bad to me . |
| 27 | Well , I think perhaps what we 'll do cos you 've missed quite a few of these out so I think what we 'll do erm is to leave that what you 're doing there for a moment we 'll go through this mark this and the one 's you have n't done we 'll do so that you 've got this one straight . |
| 28 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 29 | And they 're not coming back for their education ; they 're coming back for the support that Arbour gives them , so they may spend more time with Monica in the nursery looking after the baby and gradually they 'll move back into the classroom in their own time and get back to their exams . |
| 30 | We 're talking just for the sake of it are n't we ? |