Example sentences of "and be [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , my first job came during four weeks of my last term at RADA when I had applied and been chosen for a television play called It 's Too Late to Talk to Billy which was set in Belfast — which is where I came from originally . |
| 2 | Secondly , could an outsider have walked into the Lodge quite openly on Friday night before eleven o'clock and been taken for a member by anyone who happened to come across him ? ’ |
| 3 | National coach David Tillotson said : ‘ We have made significant progress this year and are aiming for a place in the top two at Barcelona . ’ |
| 4 | Sanding can be done yourself as long as you wear a medical mask ( from chemists or drug stores ) and are prepared for a lot of noise . |
| 5 | Turkish maritime experts are warning of the dangers of an increase in oil and gas traffic through the crowded Bosphorus and are calling for a revision of the 1963 Montreux Convention , which guarantees freedom of navigation through the waterway . |
| 6 | Scottish fishermen 's representatives are opposing an all-out ban and are calling for a series of restrictions on imports until there is a balanced supply at the markets . |
| 7 | Many investors have profits to take and are looking for a reason to sell . |
| 8 | It is important , however , to remember that people receiving such a therapy are seriously ill , and are hoping for a chance of improved health or longer life . |
| 9 | And are hoping for a Twickenham meeting with either Kidderminster Carolians or Hitchin in the finals . |
| 10 | When they have been eating out all the time they have been away , and are longing for an evening at home , the suggestion does not go down well . |
| 11 | I 'm a 27 year old male on kidney dialysis and am looking for a computer to use at home with the long-term objective of working in computer programming . |
| 12 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 13 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
| 14 | We have described how meetings can have a variety of objectives and be used for a number of tasks , and we have described the procedures which normally govern the operation of formal meetings . |
| 15 | The Defa studios in the East Berlin suburb of Badelsburg are no longer the crumbling , work-shy , institutionalized dump they were two years ago when we began this project and were looking for a home for it . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Microsoft ( who , incidentally , were then engaged in legal battle with Apple ) had bought a PostScript clone vendor , Bauer Technologies , and were looking for a font technology for OS/2 's Presentation Manager . |
| 17 | Hunter-Blair said he warned MacQuillan that it was being whispered around Westminster that the unions had evolved a protective strategy and were looking for an opportunity to test it . |
| 18 | It was that sort of occasion 500 women , many of them wearing posh hats and even posher outfits that they 'd bought for weddings and were longing for a chance to wear again . |
| 19 | Rover has launched a Metro special offer this month and is hoping for an improvement . |
| 20 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 21 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 22 | Littlewoods , meanwhile has been gathering its forces and is poised for a comeback . |
| 23 | The teenager said she has now given up smoking and is looking for a job . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I know that the Labour party thinks that it has lost the election , and is looking for an excuse . |
| 26 | Tivoli has around 100 customers worldwide and is looking for an OEM deal in the Far East around the end of the year by which time its internationalisation efforts should be complete . |
| 27 | It has 100 or so customers worldwide and is looking for an OEM deal in the Far East by year-end , when its internationalisation efforts should be complete . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | comes from Delta State in Nigeria and is studying for an MBA in Development Studies at Leeds . |
| 30 | 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 . |