Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 3 | In the New Testament Jesus uses two images to convey God 's extravagant concern for the world : one is the shepherd who risks the rest of the flock in order to go searching for the lost sheep ; the other is the woman who turns a house upside down looking for lost coins . |
| 4 | POP mogul Pete Waterman is turning his multi-million empire upside down searching for a spy . |
| 5 | The DIY business has been fiercely competitive with Do-It-All , B&Q and Texas all battling for supremacy through price cuts and heavy advertising . |
| 6 | There are over 600 multinationals in a ‘ billion-dollar-club ’ and a host of smaller fry all competing for a share of the market . |
| 7 | The new method involves candidates literally wrestling for power in a knockout tournament . |
| 8 | But here we were truly in a void ; our footsteps had a booming , dull thud to them , and standing still with breath held left our ears desperately searching for something , anything , to catch hold of . |
| 9 | MESSAGE BEGINS STOP BIRD IN HAND STOP AVIARY CONFIRMS SPECIMEN IDEAL BUT WILL REQUIRE SOME WEEKS FOR TRAINING PRIOR TO MIGRATION STOP SUGGEST YOU BEGIN FEATHERING NEST IN SUITABLE HABITAT TO FACILITATE LAYING OF EGG STOP SPECIES OBSERVED TO LIMIT MIGRATORY FLIGHTS TO 2000 MILES WITHOUT REST FOR FEEDING STOP THIS FIGURE NOT ALLOWING FOR ATTACKS FROM PREDATORS SO MUST BE CONSIDERED ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM STOP PLEASE ADVISE SOONEST STOP MESSAGE ENDS STOP WED 0900 GMT |
| 10 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 11 | Changing a magazine in mid-air was a major act of skill and daring , which involved climbing half out of the cockpit while flying the plane with one 's knees clamped on the joystick ; all the time with the enemy possibly circling for the kill . |
| 12 | There were so many loose ends , so many clients still waiting for attention , and she could not let them down . |
| 13 | The Tsongas name will remain on future primary ballots as a ‘ ghost ’ candidate , but the former senator from Massachusetts called on supporters still working for him to cease their efforts . |
| 14 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 15 | This is a blue-blood organisation , very keen on people with style , contacts and a good record in industry usually working for prestige , high-quality organisations . |
| 16 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 17 | Bernard 's sure to have his spies out looking for me . |
| 18 | By the time he got back there 'd be search parties out looking for him . |
| 19 | And I 'd got all me bits , different books out preparing for the crucifixion . |
| 20 | But it had a promenade deck , like the Hindenburg , and carried its passengers in considerable luxury even allowing for the natural exaggeration of the Imperial Airways Gazette : ‘ passengers making air journeys in the new Empire type flying boats of Imperial Airways not only express their admiration for the speed and quietness in flight of these air liners , and for the spaciousness of their saloons , but they also pay warm tributes to the efficiency of their catering arrangement ’ . |
| 21 | But the famous Bongs ! will have a hollow ring for millions of soccer fans anxiously waiting for news of their teams . |
| 22 | Lucky I can look after myself ’ — ADRI GELDENHUYS ( Eastern Province lock currently playing for Tarbes in France ) on French club rugby . |
| 23 | All around the fringe of the urban area there are pockets of land in the ownership of private builders just waiting for the signal to turn from red to amber . |
| 24 | It also tends to reduce the scope for independent software firms : there are few software houses not working for the computer manufacturers . |
| 25 | Manager Graeme Souness takes his squad across the Mersey to Tranmere tonight looking for a confidence-boosting display before the weekend showdown with Howard Wilkinson 's champions . |
| 26 | There were also two French anthropologists , a raggedly effete group of Dutch and American missionaries , from opposing Christian denominations politely vying for the Toraja 's attentions , and the splendid Werner Meyer , looking like the Cheshire Cat in safari costume . |
| 27 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 28 | So there was an Englishman , a Welshman and a Scotswoman all fighting for the Hereford seat in Parliament … and you 'll have to wait until 9th April to hear the punchline . |
| 29 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 30 | Their horses were saddled and waiting , their farewells to the prior and brothers already made , and Hugh just reaching for his bridle , when Nicol came trudging sturdily in at the gatehouse , soiled and bruised and hoisting himself along on a staff he had cut for himself in the forest . |