Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosamund Cresswell attends Farnborough Hill Convent College where she is studying for the GCSE examinations and in September she moves to the Sixth Form at Wellington College . |
| 2 | Should she join the group of young vets who had qualified with her two years ago or should she go straight back to her godmother 's house , where she was staying for the duration of this annual veterinary congress ? |
| 3 | We 've got clients , for example , where we are waiting for the sale of land to get our monies in , so it 's reasonable to expect that we 'll see that within the next three years . |
| 4 | Norman Fowler 's speech was far too left-wing for them , so they were heading for the ‘ Hedgehog and Hogshead ’ , a railway pub north of the main Brighton railway station . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 6 | They fell silent for a moment , all of them wondering if she was shopping for the son who was lying in a dissecting trench at the Medico-Legal Institute . |
| 7 | First decide whether you wish to make a portrait or landscape design , and check that the card will stand up properly if you are opting for the latter shape . |
| 8 | ‘ I will give you a minute , no more , to tell me if you are working for the British Government or another . |
| 9 | IT looks more like an obelisk than a hotel , but if you 're looking for the unusual and eccentric , the 218-ft Sway Tower piercing the New Forest skyline could be yours for £1million . |
| 10 | If you 're looking for the perfect Valentine 's prezzie for your perfect man that 's just a bit different check these out ! |
| 11 | If you 're looking for the perfect summer dress , how about this flattering style with full skirt and neatly-belted waist ? |
| 12 | If you 're heading for the Paris Disney during the Easter holidays , how can you beat the queues ? |
| 13 | well you usually do , so I 'm wondering if you 're going for the , you know , your , the usual performance |
| 14 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 16 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 17 | If you were preparing for the paper to which the above chart refers , it would obviously be very foolish to enter the examination without a very full understanding of topics 1a , 4 and 5 ( six years out of seven ) , but it would be equally foolish to assume that you need pay no attention to 11 ( two years out of seven ) . |
| 18 | ‘ If we 're acting for the smaller firm it invariably happens , and if and when we 're acting for the larger firm we always identify the key partners in the smaller firm and bring them into the new management team , ’ Mr Llambias reveals . |
| 19 | I think the only danger of looking at E D P , is that if we 're doing for the guys in the office , then what do we do with the supervisors ? |
| 20 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 21 | If they are looking for the special therapist to ‘ cure ’ them , then , also they will be disappointed . |
| 22 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
| 23 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 24 | No one would object if they were paying for the facilities themselves . |
| 25 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 26 | I think that 's the one danger of all of this , is that both the County Council 's and the District Council 's aim perhaps or now are beginning to listen to the parish councils , but also , just really get an eye off the ball , cos they 're looking for the increased responsibilities for their own purposes , and I think that 's one serious danger that we c have to face , as a local community . |
| 27 | Erm for instance if he 's asking for the child to go to live with him and you oppose that then then court would make a decision as to where the child s should live . |
| 28 | Manipulating a lump of putty from finger to finger , hand to hand , he looked as if he was auditioning for the lead role in The Caine Mutiny . |
| 29 | ‘ If he was working for the Private Office in South London on the afternoon in question I should be very surprised indeed . ’ |
| 30 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |