Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was given to delay the police operation to find the bomb and officers were half a mile away looking for the bomb at the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 2 | Those entitled to notice of the application are : ( a ) any person caring for the child at the time the proceedings are commenced ; ( b ) every person whom the applicant believes to be a parent without parental responsibility , ie an unmarried father without the benefit of a parental responsibility agreement or order ; ( c ) every person whom the applicant believes to be a party to pending relevant proceedings in respect of the same child ; ( d ) any local authority providing accommodation for the child ; ( e ) where proceedings are brought in respect of a child alleged to be staying in a certified refuge , the person providing the refuge . |
| 3 | Where parents are not actually caring for the child at the time of the application the court must consider whether they would be likely to offer a reasonable standard of care if the child were returned to them . |
| 4 | Leaving the bandstand , and heading for the gate at the summons of the park-keeper 's doleful bell , she decided that like the rest of Brickley , it exuded the odour of decay , hopelessness , regret . |
| 5 | Tom passed them by without a glance , heading for the door at the very end of the corridor . |
| 6 | Then she was marching swiftly past the reception desk , heading for the lifts at the back of the hall . |
| 7 | Loretta was paying for the tickets at the cash desk when she felt a hand on her shoulder . |
| 8 | Fran tried the cupboard , but found only dishes , and smiled as she immediately tried the next one along , reaching for the handle at the same moment as Luke came across to help her . |
| 9 | Late last night Mellor did his duty as a backbencher by voting for the Government at the end of the economy debate . |
| 10 | A few minutes later Agnes was hurrying across the yard with the fresh linen in her arms , making for the house at the end of the square , when a man passing along the pavement glanced at her , then stopped and , raising his hat , said , ‘ Good afternoon , ’ and stepped towards her . |
| 11 | Morris was concussed playing for the North at the weekend . |
| 12 | Bernice spun , grabbing for the body at the end of the arm , not caring who it was . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Today wo n't comment because of legal proceedings … they add Neither the editor nor the managing editor of Today were working for the newspaper at the time of the original article on April 25th 1989 . |
| 14 | In 1929 Nizan 's acquiescence to party discipline did not prevent him from exploring the possibility of working for the party at the edge of the class divide . |