Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 5 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 8 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 9 | The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years . |
| 10 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 11 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 12 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |
| 13 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 14 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 15 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 16 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 17 | Four hundred aircraft will be flying in for the International Air Tattoo at R-A-F Fairford , the biggest airshow in the world . |
| 18 | ‘ I guess you 'll be getting back for the Soviet visit , now . ’ |
| 19 | All these people I know will be trying out for the new series . |
| 20 | The village is fascinating ; the sort of place the press have been raving about for the past four years when they talk about ‘ unspoilt Turkey ’ . |
| 21 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 22 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 23 | Dr Peggy Heeks reports on research she has been carrying out for the British Library |
| 24 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
| 25 | Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war . |
| 26 | Patients were flocking in for the new treatment . |
| 27 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
| 28 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 29 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 30 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |