Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's simply asking for trouble , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I 've do It 's like it 's like practising for football I mean you might be the best footballer in the world and you say you know they say well you 've just won the cup say |
| 3 | It is also asking for air-time on radio and television , and for access to national and provincial newspapers and magazines . |
| 4 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 5 | At the moment it is still looking for funding from private and public sources ; the Netherlands has provided an initial grant of US$1.5 million . |
| 6 | Despite its problems ( see page 1 ) OSF says it is still shooting for self-sufficiency by 1994 . |
| 7 | There is already a KSR1 at Manchester University and the company has established a UK subsidiary ; it is now opening for business in Germany and France . |
| 8 | And er my chum 's mother , she was a forewoman French polisher and he asked her to come and er work along with him you know , but it was I mean that was during the depression years , that was in the the twenties right through to the you know the The first bright spot was when the Queen Mary got started it gave people And then of course , just after that , things was beginning to pick up , but it was really preparing for war . |