Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time . |
| 2 | We should be looking for a market-based solution to our problems , not snooping in people 's backyards to check out what kind of barbecue they are using . ’ |
| 3 | These environmentalists should be campaigning for a better world environment from their own backyard … |
| 4 | In short , we should be arguing for a third zero within NATO . |
| 5 | If they ca n't commit to high rates of profit , perhaps they should be working for a second-rate firm which plays budgetary games . |
| 6 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 7 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |
| 8 | I think Tod must be hankering for the old house , over to Wellport , because that 's where most of our trips end up . |
| 9 | ‘ I guess these folk must be dying for a cool drink and some cookies , right ? ’ |
| 10 | So we might be looking for an ornamental dagger , then ? ’ |
| 11 | They 'll be searching for a wooden stick with a thistle painted on it , and discussing the minutes of the last Rotarians ' whist drive subcommittee meeting . |
| 12 | If you have £10,000 or more to invest , you 'll be looking for a good return on your money . |
| 13 | They 'll be looking for a few home runs at their new home at Dowty Aerospace . |
| 14 | They 're going through a bad period and they 'll be looking for a positive result as well . |
| 15 | Just sit down and and sit still for a minute because you 'll be standing for a long time playing the recorder as well , if you want if you want to go to the toilet just take yourself all right . |
| 16 | I know it 's still running , it 'll be running for a long , a long time |
| 17 | He/She could be looking for a Double Indemnity climax . |
| 18 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |
| 19 | TEAM up with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger and you could be heading for a super holiday in San Francisco . |
| 20 | The Government could be heading for a damaging backbench revolt of Scottish Tories if it rejects Rosyth . |
| 21 | Or indeed they could be heading for the two peaks we had just thrashed . |
| 22 | BROOKE SHIELDS , who is not being offered many good roles since outgrowing her curvaceous teens , may be looking for a new career as a film critic . |
| 23 | Or he may be looking for a particular foodplant , or flower for nectar , searching for a special smell or a particular electromagnetic emission . |
| 24 | The subtle , instinctive mind pattern of an insect may be looking for the particular infrared , pheromone emission which signifies the presence of his lady-love . |
| 25 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 26 | His family have a message for other parents who may be hoping for a similar hospital place for their glue-sniffing child |
| 27 | There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation . |
| 28 | However West Germany and its neighbouring countries may be heading for a different pattern . |
| 29 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 30 | Alternatively one party may be arguing for a significant change or development in the law , and might actually be expecting to lose at first instance . |