Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT MAY be the same place , the same time and the same round but Steve Davis will be praying for a different result when he meets Ken Doherty in the £180,000 Benson and Hedges Irish Masters today . |
| 2 | Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual . |
| 3 | As a matter of courtesy we generally release the Information memorandum to accountants acting for the would-be buyer unless they request it be sent direct to their clients . |
| 4 | The United manager would be better advised looking for a short-term solution while his troops re-form and Dion Dublin , their £1 million signing from Cambridge United — is nursed back into the team . |
| 5 | ‘ We just started a band going and put up a notice looking for a female singer so Dolores turned up . ’ |
| 6 | Staff were advised that the company was looking for a new property when the search for a new suitable area began and when Aldermaston had been identified as the place where the new offices were to be built . |
| 7 | Corbett was looking for a suitable place as the crowd began to disperse when Benstede returned , accompanied by a thin , stooping figure with watery eyes , a drinker 's red nose and a wispy beard . |
| 8 | Well I , I went to a psychiatrist once looking for a self-help group cos I did n't want tablets or anything I just wanted somebody I could talk to . |
| 9 | They 're going through a bad period and they 'll be looking for a positive result as well . |
| 10 | While he persists in looking for the golden egg before the chicken is even hatched the terrorists will continue to exact a mounting price in blood for his dithering approach to security . |
| 11 | Too much energy can be spent looking for the perfect idea when being pragmatic and settling for a satisfactory solution is best . |
| 12 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |
| 13 | At a meeting in Guinea-Bissau on July 25-27 , 1990 , the joint co-operation commission , meeting for the first time since the 1980 coup , decided that it was unable to settle the longstanding dispute over the demarcation of the maritime border , and agreed to refer it to their heads of state [ see also pp. 36840 ] . |
| 14 | He decided , though , it would be best to do it alone and started searching for a new workshop where he could work in secret on a new plan . |
| 15 | She , 17 years his senior , was ebullient , romantic and far too impatient to spend even a minute searching for the perfect phrase when a cliché would do . |
| 16 | But the chance survival of a record of a miracle on Easter Day not long before Lanfranc 's arrival shows that the monks were still giving a dramatic representation of the three women at the tomb searching for the risen Lord as laid down in the Regularis Concordia . |
| 17 | Fashion designer , Finn McGill , is heading for a brilliant career when her mother falls ill and she decides to turn her back on Paris to return to her home town , Belfast . |
| 18 | PETER SUCH ( Essex ) produced a career-best 7-82 for England A against the Australian Cricket Academy in Melbourne which sent the ACA reeling to 231 all out in their first innings , after they appeared to be heading for a huge lead when they reached 159 for one . |
| 19 | ‘ Heading for the same place as yours when you see who he 's with . |
| 20 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 21 | This weekend , Nicol , who also won the Scottish National title last month , will be going for a Scottish hat-trick when he lines-up as top seed in the North of Scotland Open , sponsored by Stewart Milne Construction , at his home Aberdeen Club . |
| 22 | I should recommend waiting for a gentler age than that in which we are condemned for a while to dwell . |
| 23 | Howard Baker ( that is his name ) is sitting in front of a green light waiting for a green light because he is thinking . |
| 24 | I was waiting for the other half when Oliver fled . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm waiting for the National Guard so I can go home , ’ he jokes . |
| 26 | You should n't even consider buying for the new season until you 've consulted our survey , compiled by Steven Seaton . |
| 27 | This emerged as the consensus view on the juvenile ‘ crime wave ’ of the 1930s , and The Times was also speaking for a wide consensus when it suggested in a lead article that , ‘ It is a good and wise rule that , as far as possible , delinquent children ought to be left at home . ’ |
| 28 | Speaking for the first time since the tragedy Kevin Larkin told the Echo : ‘ Jean was young and innocent . |
| 29 | First-half sales grew 11 per cent to £1.025 billion , with prescription medicines accounting for the vast majority after over-the-counter sales were stunted by a ‘ poor coughs and colds season ’ . |
| 30 | Power the lower leg into the target , aiming for a light smack if attacking the head , or a more solid thump if going for the ribs . |