Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
| 2 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 3 | and Q acted upon by unc and unc are essentially the same , we are meeting for the first time a concept of prime importance in algebra , namely that of isomorphism . |
| 4 | Now they are searching for the fourth sister Pamela , who walked out at the age of 15 after a row with her father . |
| 5 | One try resulted in a pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage , but the couple are saving for a second try . |
| 6 | Wivenhoe Town have never won the competition and are looking for a first success to complete a meteoric rise to the summit of the Essex non-league football hierarchy . |
| 7 | Soccer : Border League Wormingford FC are looking for a first team manager for next season . |
| 8 | But if you are looking for a 21st century Polo , you will have to wait at least three years until the genuinely all-new one . |
| 9 | The fact was that Algy had been living for the last year with a working-class architect called Len in a basement flat in Maida Vale . |
| 10 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 11 | they 're advertising for the first time or the last ad |
| 12 | ‘ Some of the Wimbledon Dharjees , ’ went on Maisie , ‘ have been waiting for the Twenty-fourth Imam . |
| 13 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 14 | He had borrowed it from a fellow inmate of the lodging house in Kennington where he had been staying for the last week . |
| 15 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 16 | Mike noticed a group of heavy gamblers , most of them Greek , move towards the baccarat room , where the Sultan of Rupolei had been losing for the last hour . |
| 17 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 18 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 19 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 20 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 21 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 22 | Following a last salute to all old friends and listeners everywhere , we finished with that popular cowboy dirge , ‘ I 'm Headin' for the Last Round-Up ! ’ |
| 23 | No doubt he will be booking for the 30th Anniversary Tour in 1994 . |
| 24 | He hopes to be challenging for the first team by Christmas . |
| 25 | Er no sir , I 'm waiting for the next item . |
| 26 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 27 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 28 | Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time . |
| 29 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 30 | On June 21 Kurt Waldheim , 72 , announced that he would not be standing for a second term as President in the elections due in 1992 . |