Example sentences of "and [is] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Littlewoods , meanwhile has been gathering its forces and is poised for a comeback . |
| 2 | The teenager said she has now given up smoking and is looking for a job . |
| 3 | The basis of the traditional antipathy of churches to gambling is that it can encourage greed , become addictive and is looking for a reward that has not been earned either by virtue or by effort . |
| 4 | Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for the Environment , has proposed a tough set of targets for more than 300 environmental initiatives and is pushing for a commitment to a number of green taxes . |
| 5 | He avoids racial slurs — although at one point in an interview he referred to blacks as ‘ gang-bangers ’ — and is running for a Republican seat on the city council of Aurora , a Denver suburb . |