Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 2 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 3 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 4 | As we have said , couples are engaged in a kind of dance , moving towards each other and then drawing apart , constantly searching for a comfortable balance in their relationship . |
| 5 | This is an expanding market of course and potential sponsors are constantly searching for an appropriate product on which they can lavish their money . |
| 6 | Perhaps going for a moonlit swim before making love under the stars . |
| 7 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 8 | It can be interpreted more narrowly as merely calling for an incidental adjustment in the form of an annotation of the present birth register . |
| 9 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 10 | Calera are obviously aiming for the mass market . |
| 11 | With these species , go for calmer water ( perhaps opting for the air-powered foam filter ) and consider planting natural plants in pots , or at least add a layer of Duckweed , Azolla , or other floating plant at the surface to encourage bubble nesting in Gouramis . |
| 12 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I ca n't see much changing for the red scouse game on saturday , though . |
| 14 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 15 | Jamila said nothing and Helen was eager to talk about Charlie , a subject on which she was obviously preparing for an advanced degree . |
| 16 | When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast . |
| 17 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 18 | If there is no local museum , there may be a professional archaeologist in the area , perhaps working for the local authority . |
| 19 | At the Edinburgh summit the richest , most powerful European nations waste their time desperately seeking for a clever-dick way to con Danish voters in a second referendum . |
| 20 | Manager Graeme Souness takes his squad across the Mersey to Tranmere tonight looking for a confidence-boosting display before the weekend showdown with Howard Wilkinson 's champions . |
| 21 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you realize I 'd be a target for all the men living in World 's End who are just looking for a loose woman to amuse themselves with ? ’ |
| 23 | I 'm just looking for the biographical summary Ellis has given me . |
| 24 | It was much more the sheer vitality and range of committed ability , lay and clerical , present in the Church at that time and just waiting for a new lead . |
| 25 | Christie 's have got it and they 're just waiting for the right sale . |
| 26 | Just waiting for the flash line to ring , not even knowing whether the kidnappers would have heard the radio show at all , or how they would react if they had , made Sam nauseous from stress . |
| 27 | Neither are the civic groupings planning to hang around much longer waiting for an inter-party meeting to establish common ground and communal tactics . |
| 28 | Me and my mate , here , we 're just going for a little ride . ’ |
| 29 | With wildly beating heart , before opening the shed door I rehearse the lie I am about to tell him — just like in drama — including the correct tone of voice : ‘ Just going for a quick bike ride , Pa . |
| 30 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |