Example sentences of "[subord] they [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they 've come out the front door and the bus is running er coming down the road so they 're running for that bus , so they 're using up their energy , the insulin level 's there , but the energy level is going down . |
| 2 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 3 | When you can get choice of them , if they 're going for forty over a piece ! |
| 4 | A My advice would be to telephone around your local salons to ask if they are looking for suitable ‘ house models ’ . |
| 5 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 6 | But Barons came back to lead 4-3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat . |
| 7 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 8 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 9 | Rare , even bizarre , circumstances aside , it never profits a monopolist to do more when customers are signaling for less , or less when they are signaling for more ’ . |