Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am allowing for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn . |
| 2 | Partly I am mesmerised by its spinach-green tanks and cowling , its red pulleys , dogs and levers , its greasy leather belts , its twitching , glittering blades , stink of hot oil , petrol , exhaust … and partly I am praying for the chance that something — I 've no idea what , but just something — may go wrong … so that I , Jimbo , the firstborn , may step into the breach and save the day . |
| 3 | She told The Universe , the Catholic weekly : ‘ I am praying for the family and I feel very sorry for them . |
| 4 | A charter of Charles the Bald in 875 exempted the peasants of St-Philibert , Tournus , in Burgundy from market dues " whether they are trading for the abbey or for themselves " . |
| 5 | ‘ For here we do not have an enduring city , but we are looking for the city that is to come , ’ says the writer to the Hebrews . |
| 6 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 7 | Euro competition chief Sir Leon Brittan has been pushing for the guide since a survey found British cars were an average 59 per cent dearer than the cheapest Continental prices . |
| 8 | We 're staying for the party and we 're spending the night here . ’ |
| 9 | Choose your coach with care ; be sure that they know what they are doing for the theatre and actor of today . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not suppose , however , that you will be applying for the position so I shall wait for Alain to send a few people here for me to see . |
| 11 | That 's why I 'm pushing for the fight and for me the sooner the better . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ The whole country will be looking for the result and most of them will be hoping the underdogs do well . |
| 13 | We will be looking for the team that shows most strength in depth , across a range of ages , and both sexes . |
| 14 | At a time when many middle-class voters would be looking for the party that would best defend them from Labour , this Conservative strength would be of vital importance . |
| 15 | Here , anything that threatens the superego tends to be destructive ; and we can readily see that the externalization of conflict , although defensive for the ego , may be damaging for the culture because the effect of the externalization is to make the culture the locus of the conflict . |
| 16 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 17 | I will be staying for the weekend and going back on the train on Sunday night . |
| 18 | I will be voting for the motion and I will be voting against the amendment . |
| 19 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 20 | They often claim to be working for the council and sometimes have ‘ road maintenance ’ painted on the side of their lorries . |
| 21 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 22 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 23 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 24 | Programs such as Studio Software 's DO-IT and Software Publishing 's Harvard Professional Publisher ( now long defunct and actually licensed from Bestinfo of SuperPage and Wave4 fame ) were emerging for the PC while the Macintosh was also being targeted by Manhattan Graphics with Ready , Set , Go ! ( now distributed by Letraset ) and Boston Publishing Systems with the now defunct MacPublisher . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe , if the game was against Australia or New Zealand Alan Tait would have been preferred , but Mal Reilly is building for the future and now I have my chance I intend to make the most of it . ’ |
| 26 | Rodney Klevan QC is appearing for the prosecution and Gilfoyle is defended by David Turner QC . |
| 27 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 28 | His wife is searching for the book because Ward told her he had it . |
| 29 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 30 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |