Example sentences of "and [adv] [pers pn] [am/are] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about the day she collapsed in the the hairdressers and only we 're going for a drink . |
| 2 | I think , I think more and more we 're going for two , two things . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Graham Gooch should have sorted the problem out , he did not , and now we are paying for it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They were out of work and underprivileged and now they are working for cut rates . ’ |
| 7 | I 've spent the last 40 years protesting about all sorts of things and now I 'm protesting for my railway , not theirs , ours . |
| 8 | A sample : We 're coming in to land at Speke My legs are feeling very weak We 've just returned from Barcelona And now I 'm going for a sauna Toshack is of Scottish descent , and there is certainly a bit of McGonagall in there , though not the best bit . |
| 9 | That 's no problem , so you 're looking for ten thousand pounds worth of life cover for yourself and then you 're looking for twenty eight to thirty thousand for your daughter projected forward |
| 10 | ‘ The longest serving member of staff has been offered the one post that we will be able to fund from the Scottish Education Department for next session and currently we are waiting for a decision on that matter . ’ |