Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adv] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life .
2 In conjunction with the National Physical Laboratories , X/Open is also applying for funding under the UK Department of Trade and Industry 's ‘ Prost ’ initiative ( for testing open systems conformance ) , to develop a method for testing on-line transaction processing solutions .
3 Mr Herrick is now fighting for compensation .
4 Alan Dodsworth of Darlington paid over £2,000 in cash to Mr Round last October for a kitchen that was never delivered ; and disabled Ferryhill resident Royston Hunter is still waiting for work to be completed at his home after giving Mr Round £4,180 in November .
5 And disabled Ferryhill resident Royston Hunter is still waiting for work to be completed at his home after giving Mr Round £4,180 in November .
6 Having mopped up the majority of Motif users , IXI is now gunning for Sun Microsystems Inc 's Open Look user base — both installed and new accounts — as its next outlet ( UX No 388 ) , and has hired the advertising guns of Saatchi and Saatchi to try and tease Sun users to X.desktop with its largest advertising campaign to date .
7 The SPD was also calling for defence spending cuts [ see also below ] , including the cancellation of the European fighter aircraft ( EFA or Eurofighter ) , which was to be built by a European consortium including British Aerospace [ see p. 37212 ] .
8 Criticised for making so many alterations since becoming manager , Taylor is now looking for stability .
9 The same fusion of techniques can be found even earlier , while Elvis was still recording for Sun .
10 Sequent is currently looking for volume outlets for WinServer in the US and Europe .
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