Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a director of public health , and having been chief officer to a health authority for some 17 years and having experienced more reorganisations than I care to remember , I can see the career turbulence that the current reforms are producing for some senior doctors in public health medicine . |
| 2 | The medieval period sometimes attracts people who are looking for some general structure for the undergraduate curriculum which goes beyond a mere aggregation of subjects ( see , for example , MacCabe 's 1982 , proposals for a ‘ modern trivium ’ ) . |
| 3 | WE are looking for some one-cap wonders of soccer this week with a query that wins £25 for Mr F. Stillwell of Basingstoke . |
| 4 | The wood at the back of the painting was deeply scored with a dagger as if someone had been searching for some secret crevice or compartment . |
| 5 | We 're asking for er communication back with the ship and we 're asking for some straightforward answers from them . |
| 6 | We really are waiting for some key data on how and so on which we sha n't know until March so I think that is going to condition our er next consideration but your comment on that . |
| 7 | And we 'll be looking for some general indication as to a location in a particular transport corridor . |
| 8 | He appeared to be searching for some key document . |
| 9 | C-FDFC , C-FTBA and C-FYQS are expected to be flying for some considerable time , as the Freighter 's life is measured in landings , and each of the trio have about 6,000 landings remaining , ensuring their continued employment . |
| 10 | There was a section at the top of Act Two where Joyce is supposed to be auditioning for some American producers . |
| 11 | So they both were searching for some lost part of themselves this summer . |
| 12 | they have large pans , but even they were looking for some large pans ! |
| 13 | It happened as bride Cathy and her sister Andree from Holywood were going for some official pictures for their album . |
| 14 | It was not that both sides were preparing for some future war to deter the other side . |
| 15 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
| 16 | TRANMERE manager John King is looking for some special deliveries against Southend tonight . |
| 17 | While your subconscious mind is searching for some final point to include in the margins , go on to the final stage . |
| 18 | He jibed that ‘ maybe it is waiting for some cross-shareholding agreements ’ with Bundespost Telekom . |
| 19 | If she 's crying for some other reason like because we 've been quarrelling and she wants to make up but does n't know how to I just put my arms round her and cuddle her and let her cry it out . |
| 20 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 21 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 22 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |