Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.

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1 The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left .
2 Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year .
3 She 's been reported missing and we 're checking her movements for the two weeks before she vanished . ’
4 To become an agent , these social secretaries simply have to reverse their roles with the agents who have been selling them acts for the previous few years .
5 Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity .
6 Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity .
7 Rather than risk a humiliating defeat — and with it the end of presidential aspirations — Gore , and other senior Democrats , were thought to be reserving their challenges for the 1996 contest .
8 I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years .
9 Sealink and P&O , with an estimated 80% share of the short-route ferry market , are pinning their hopes for the future on large capacity super-ferries and changes in manning procedures introduced after the last seamen 's strike .
10 In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time .
11 Randall smiled again with a hint of mockery , settled the bet and turning away with his kerchief pressed even more firmly to his nose , moved into the cockpit where the cock-masters were preparing their birds for the fight .
12 After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay .
13 We are setting ourselves targets for the time we take to make decisions on papers submitted to us and then to publish the papers .
14 IXI managing director , Ray Anderson , says his company is girding its loins for the ‘ mother of all battles ’ as it seeks to drive into Sun Microsystems Inc turf armed with X.desktop over OSF/Motif .
15 Thus , although it has been stated that there are practically no high kicks in kung fu , the practitioner who emulates the crane is training his legs for the highest possible kicks .
16 Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc .
17 Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc .
18 The Frank Cooper Marmalade Shop , which forever linked the name Oxford with marmalade , is closing its doors for the last time .
19 But Gary was keeping his predictions for the gilt market restrained .
20 Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance , teeth bared , knife poised over his head .
21 I was saving my energies for the return journey .
22 More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect .
23 She found she was straining her ears for the musical clang of the town church bells .
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