Example sentences of "[v-ing] for something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether you 're saving for something in particular or a rainy day , just put your money in and it will start working for your straightaway . |
| 2 | ARE YOU looking for something to liven up your Monday evenings ? |
| 3 | In a bedroom you 're looking for something at one ninety nine or two ninety nine . |
| 4 | He was looking for something along the lines of Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy , an American from nowhere , and all the actors coming in were doing an Andrew Dice Clay or Billy Idol number . |
| 5 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 6 | Now I 'm looking for something for Penny , which is n't very expensive but nice , you know . |
| 7 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
| 8 | Looking for something between sovereignty and not sovereignty . |
| 9 | For those who enjoy making every meal a special occasion — whether it 's Saturday brunch or a dinner party for eight — and so are looking for something between their ‘ best ’ fine bone china service and oven-to-tableware , Wedgwood has introduced a range of ‘ casual ’ designs , on fine bone china , on Queen 's Ware and on their new fine china body . |
| 10 | In simple terms , sponsorship of the Universities ' Athletic Union rugby championship alone is not acceptable to the UAU 's hierarchy , who seek money for all student sporting activities and are looking for something in the region of £100,000 to spread around . |
| 11 | I was looking for something in my own handwriting . |
| 12 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 13 | There was nothing more boring than flogging around , looking for something like a bike without lights . |
| 14 | A stocky male figure entered from a room at the rear and began looking for something beneath the counter . |
| 15 | The boy was stooping now , searching for something on the bank . |
| 16 | The man was alone ; he looked alternately towards the house and then down , as if searching for something on the dashboard . |
| 17 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 18 | He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind . |
| 19 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
| 20 | She looked into his eyes , as if searching for something in them ; her white face made the dark , heavy-browed eyes look lost and empty , and after a while he could not look into them anymore , and had to smile and look away . |
| 21 | Er so there will be er a loss to us there of about three hundred pounds because erm we were asking for something to be made and therefore I think I would say quite rightly but in view of this experience perhaps never again , er made some advance contribution , you know to the cost or made some , gave some money in advance blah blah blah . |
| 22 | Needless to say , Hollywood does n't give away presents without asking for something in return . |
| 23 | Nottinghamshire , who won the Sunday league last year , will be hoping for something with more prestige this time and with Chris Lewis and Chris Cairns augmenting an already talented staff , they will be the team to beat . |
| 24 | Still hoping for something from him ? |
| 25 | We 're with the plays , with going to the festival of course , you ca n't , you must be serious when you 're practising for something like that . |
| 26 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 27 | I 've been longing for something with a bit of bite to it . ’ |
| 28 | The performances on this new disc are first-rate ; indeed they are so polished that I found myself occasionally longing for something with a little more humanity and which more faithfully reflected what were in all probability the more rough-and-ready sounds of the Kürbs-Hütte clientele . |
| 29 | And she likes that garden and she does n't mind working for something on that . |