Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there are close affinities between education provided in a state and a private school , much of the argument does in the end turn on the belief that there is something different in kind in the educational experience gained by a child in a local community school and one in a private school catering for a particular income group . |
| 2 | Stings in " ed form are taken as they are , with a possible error occurring for a missing closing quote . |
| 3 | Imagine that you 're a complete beginner looking for a versatile sewing machine for dressmaking , soft furnishings and embroidery . |
| 4 | — and chuckling quietly in the semi-demented manner of someone who is sitting alone in damp clothes in an empty restaurant in a strange country waiting for a twenty-five-dollar pizza . |
| 5 | Unlike some of the more academically qualified tutors , Sophie Green believed that if the WEA was to succeed among manual workers it had to be perceived as a social movement striving for a democratic state through its educational purpose . |
| 6 | Paul Newman plays The Kid as a social outcast looking for a father figure . |
| 7 | ‘ Just like a wet lettuce waiting for a plate , ’ she muttered , colouring at the strange looks she received . |
| 8 | For an instant she was a primitive creature looking for a hole to hide in . |
| 9 | It was alleged that he had accepted money from a German company bidding for a contract for the construction of the new Macao airport . |
| 10 | ‘ It is a tremendous responsibility caring for a handicapped person . ’ |
| 11 | The tiny racing cars , operated by two sponsored five-men teams , zoomed around a 24-yard track competing for a trophy donated by Major Marques car restorers of Sherborne . |
| 12 | Various Japanese practices do seem sexist and racist to use but , as a white woman working for a Japanese company , I 'd say that they are trying to change , and it 's a shame more of us do n't try to learn Japanese and understand the culture . |
| 13 | Thus a HIGH OR EQUAL comparison condition will be used to search a blocked file looking for a given record . |
| 14 | After a short spell working for a freight company at Heathrow airport he acquired a post in the Conservative Research Department under Chris Patten , where he was nicknamed ‘ The Spaniard ’ . |
| 15 | He 's a world-famous scientist searching for a cancer cure , she 's the spiky assistant who proves herself by falling for him . |
| 16 | It opened with a lone commuter waiting for a train late at night . |
| 17 | As a mature student studying for a degree in Sport and Recreation studies , I am undertaking research into the Staffordshire Way . |
| 18 | The fact that the polecat with young was sighted three years ago by a grumpy shepherd looking for a lost lamb at 5.30 a.m. on a March morning , two miles away from post number seven , is irrelevant . |
| 19 | A director of one licensed dealer rang up a former employee working for a stockbrokers , addressing him as follows : " You took our clients with you , you little shit . |
| 20 | The total volume of French defence spending for the period 1990-93 which was to have been around F470,000 million , ( in line with a 1987 law providing for a 6 per cent annual growth rate in real terms ) , was to be cut by approximately F42,000 million . |
| 21 | Baker did well apart from losing possession for the Saints ' third goal while Wark earned a first half booking for a challenge on Banger . |
| 22 | Howard Baker ( that is his name ) is sitting in front of a green light waiting for a green light because he is thinking . |
| 23 | But buoyancy aside , it was also sobering to hear a practising optimist calling for a ‘ mathematics of misery ’ — an agreement , by consensus , about the costs and benefits of different medical treatments , and where the unavoidable choices should be made . |
| 24 | At a meeting of the UN Security Council on Dec. 7 , it was made clear that a prospective resolution calling for a Middle East peace conference would not achieve US endorsement . |
| 25 | They have devised a new plan calling for a dozen man-made lakes to store rain and to render the Atlanta region ‘ drought-proof ’ for the next half-century . |
| 26 | A national referendum on June 2 was reported to have resulted in a 93 per cent vote in favour of a new Constitution providing for a multiparty system , ending 13 years of military rule . |
| 27 | ‘ I certainly would n't like to be a young person looking for a job in advertising this year , ’ comments John Fanning . |
| 28 | There are situations where an important stimulus is absent and the animal can not find it ; for example , a young animal looking for a teat when there is no teat around . |
| 29 | Unless means can be found for experienced teachers to have at least the equivalent of a whole year studying for a Master 's level retraining , the partially sighted will be leading the blind . |
| 30 | One night I was there , before the start of the film , a young man leaped onto the stage and announced that he was an unemployed actor looking for a role in a movie . |