Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for the [noun sg] [that] " 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for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn .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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 5 | We will be looking for the team that shows most strength in depth , across a range of ages , and both sexes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | One such , ‘ Woman washing her face ’ by Utamaro ( one of only two dozen paintings known by him ) is arresting for the space that is allowed to resonate around the figure unlike the tightly cropped subjects in Ukiyo-e prints . |
| 9 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |