Example sentences of "be [verb] for the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 2 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 3 | You 're paying for the two things you 're paying for the opportunity |
| 4 | If you 're going to , if you 're going to be knocked for something , make sure you 're knocked for the right thing , that 's what you 're really saying . |
| 5 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |
| 6 | The formal publication stage is much the same when it comes to record content — peer and institution review will still be looking for the same things . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'm paying for the lousy thing , and that 's the end of that . " |
| 9 | Thus the more nearly perfect a market is , the stronger is the tendency for the same price to be paid for the same thing at the same time in all parts of the market : but of course if the market is large , allowance must be made for the expense of delivering the goods to different purchasers ; each of whom must be supposed to pay in addition to the market price a special charge on account of delivery . |
| 10 | He 's never given enough clean clothes and he 's chastised for the slightest thing . |
| 11 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 12 | But the parody was mistaken for the real thing , and the songs made the charts . |