Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 2 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 3 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 5 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |
| 6 | But in the past year German authorities withdrew approval for certain components which Cameron and some other hot-air balloon manufacturers have been using worldwide for the past 20 years . |
| 7 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 8 | I 'm 32 and have been climbing seriously for the last 18 years , which helped me get accepted . |
| 9 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 10 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 11 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 12 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 13 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 14 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 15 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 16 | They want a baby they 're not concerned whether it 's going to have spina-bifida or have som , they are looking forward for a perfect baby . |
| 17 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 18 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 19 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 20 | Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’ |
| 21 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 22 | I er I think erm it 's silly not to have it er when you 're going in for a new set . |
| 23 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 24 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 25 | ‘ And what kind of dybbuk informs their victim that they 're slipping out for a little coffee-break or whatever ? ’ |
| 26 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 27 | DHA 1 has been waiting patiently for a new DGH for 25 years . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 29 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 30 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |