Example sentences of "they [am/are] [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are looking for the souls of their mothers and their fathers , their women and their children , gathering in the heavens — awaiting human form , and union … |
| 2 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 3 | The students do not conduct the experiments with a detached eye ; rather , they are looking for the results predicted in the textbook . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not ethical as they are acting for the landlord , ’ he says . |
| 5 | The Health Authority say they are waiting for the results of national pay talks before coming to an agreement with their clerical workers . |
| 6 | Choose your coach with care ; be sure that they know what they are doing for the theatre and actor of today . |
| 7 | The repertoire of the Vanbrugh Quartet stretches from Haydn to the present day , and that span is reflected in the programme they are playing for the Festival . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | They are standing for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 10 | They are fighting for the protection of their largely rural environment . |
| 11 | Friends of the Earth agree ; they 're calling for the introduction of water meters . |
| 12 | My own view that Sun readers are n't stupid and that the general public is n't really a stupid erm but erm they enjoy reading it and they 're reading for the experience of reading , getting their views and are very almost like , have you ever seen processed cheese slabs , you know you can buy little pieces of cheese in little wrappers that stick on your bread or your butter or your rolls and the way the Sun , the Sun newspaper 's kind of like that , if you do n't wan na read thirty five pages in the Independent every day , enormous amount of news terrifically written , reported for the , for the most part , you could read the Sun at a quarter of the price , except that you do n't get all the news and you also get er a different political viewpoint but it 's one way of getting news in er |
| 13 | They 're looking for the womankind who have all gone off with the Romans . |
| 14 | They 're looking for the body now . " |
| 15 | " Some people go to work and they 're longing for the job to be finished so they can have a good time . |
| 16 | one team that is winning in 93 are the Milton Keynes Aces … they 're going for the Wheelchair Basketball championship … their latest win was over league leaders Oldham Owls … the Aces are now just one point off the top … |
| 17 | Well if Vicky 's in hospital she said they 're going for the day there . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's all the same with these women who think they 're heading for the top . |
| 19 | They 're heading for the courts . |
| 20 | I do n't like the advertisements they 're doing for the telephone now though . |
| 21 | And just check out what they 're making for the weekend bash : a 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , a 16ft wide mini ramp [ 4ft tall ] , tons of street stuff with fun boxes , handrails and suchlike , and also a massive vert ramp which will be 32ft wide , 10ft transitions and 1 ½ foot of vert , and what 's more this will be bowled out at one end like Vision 's indoor ramp . |
| 22 | Now hopefully , Dick said they 're palletizing while they 're waiting for the containers they 're also palletizing the rest of that stuff . |
| 23 | In fact its name still adorns the large office block in Paddock Wood — they 're waiting for the Friends of Felix Dhjerzinsky to come and remove it — but below is enscribed the new and politically squeaky-clean name of ‘ English Hops ’ . |
| 24 | They 're waiting for the storm too , you know . |
| 25 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
| 26 | Perhaps they 're waiting for the police to lose interest . ’ |