Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 2 | That 's that Jim Rose Feeling for you … |
| 3 | If Dennis came looking for her , she might hear him in time , or she might not . |
| 4 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 5 | Jeff started training for the marathon in October last year , and was running 50 miles a week when he suffered a hip injury . |
| 6 | When Kylie went shopping for more additions to her by now Imelda Marcos scale wardrobe in one of London 's stores , the result was inevitable . |
| 7 | Feeling fraudulent , but enjoying himself immensely , Branson went looking for an island . |
| 8 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 9 | Corbett remained sitting for hours following various trains of thought whilst Ranulf , having seen his son , was bouncing about on the broad , silk-canopied bed of Mistress Semplar . |
| 10 | Mrs Frost began working for the education authority in 1943 , carrying out secretarial work in the area office . |
| 11 | Gray began singing for Baldwin after her cousin — an avid Chicago house devotee who would occasionally drag Paris out to the city 's hottest clubs — heard Baldwin was looking for a singer and gave him Gray 's number . |
| 12 | CDP started working for Gallaher in 1962 . |
| 13 | It was getting dark when Simon went looking for Gazzer . |
| 14 | Fitzormonde went looking for Mowbray and found his corpse . ’ |
| 15 | The Fulmars continued searching for it and came across it ( or the aircraft forced down by Taylor ) floating on the sea ; there were no signs of life . |
| 16 | That ended any sort of conversation and Maggie sat fuming for the rest of the journey , very glad that Felipe sat as silently . |
| 17 | Simon stood watching for a moment , then , adjusting the expression on his face , he walked down the wooden steps on to the beach . |
| 18 | When Hanka Zborowska arrived asking for her portrait Modigliani was shamefaced . |
| 19 | German units were now leaving Sicily in a steady trickle as the Luftwaffe began regrouping for the forthcoming attack on Russia . |
| 20 | By contrast , after talks with Major on Nov. 11 , German Chancellor Helmut Kohl expressed understanding for Major 's domestic problems and said that " what is decisive for us is that the Treaty should remain unchanged and should be ratified as such by all states within the EC so that it can come into force in 1993 " . |
| 21 | And when the whistle went seconds after Sinton tucked in his spot-kick , Morris went looking for trouble . |
| 22 | Wooderson continued running for a few years , winning the European 5,000 metres and stretching his span of achievement from world record breaker at half-mile to national cross-country champion over nine miles in 1949 . |
| 23 | Burun stood watching for a moment and laughed . |
| 24 | Following his daughter 's death , Hugo ceased writing for several years . |
| 25 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 26 | It 's no good depending as Owen said waiting for people to fit lights themselves , they wo n't because they do n't think accidents can happen to them . |
| 27 | Constance and Will loved going for walks together . |
| 28 | At Kensington Palace and Highgrove the couple entertained little , so rarely in fact that their butler Allan Fisher described working for the Wales 's as ‘ boring ’ . |
| 29 | Thérèse began studying for her baccalaureat , at the lycée in Le Havre . |
| 30 | Mum and Mary kept calling for this , no that , yes that , to be brought upstairs . |