Example sentences of "[v-ing] for any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm will need to decide whether partners ' drawings should be paid gross without allowing for any tax reserve , or , alternatively , whether to withhold tax which is not a partnership liability , but an individual partner 's liability . |
| 2 | Just telephone the nearest Cosmos office to make a holiday booking for any UK departure point . |
| 3 | Tonight the police said they are checking for any similarities with previous attacks . |
| 4 | Vacations had proved such a strain that she stopped going home at all in the end , applying for any holiday jobs which offered accommodation . |
| 5 | She dragged on her cigarette , listening for any movement from her husband behind her , and jumped as he walked round to stare out of a window . |
| 6 | Discuss with your helpers what you wish to programme for , listening for any comments or suggestions . |
| 7 | He held his breath , listening for any sound to indicate that the Bogeyman was standing in the gloom , waiting to pounce . |
| 8 | He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect . |
| 9 | Listening for any sound of activity from the crew , the Doctor threaded his way through the drums , eyeing the occasional label with a scowl of revulsion . |
| 10 | She hung for a moment , listening for any hint of life . |
| 11 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 12 | It was barely four o'clock when he entered the hut of the Ngo brothers and he waddled threateningly down the canter of the earth floor towards them , shining his flashlight right and left , looking for any excuse to employ his cane . |
| 13 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 14 | I was still left looking for any element that could be described as cavalier . |
| 15 | He took care to appear blithely unworried as he strolled with his staff , for he knew only too well how the French sympathizers in the city were looking for any sign of allied defeatism that they could turn into an argument to demoralize the Dutch-Belgian troops . |
| 16 | She had been watching him intently , looking for any sign that he was sceptical about this mission . |
| 17 | Corbett stayed in the castle the rest of the day , wandering about , looking for any place he could sit and quietly meditate on all he knew . |
| 18 | We 're looking for any trace of clothing , it 's a big area with a long wall and the mounted police can cover it much more quickly than officers on foot |
| 19 | I was actively looking for any hint of SCUM support for about 6 weeks after the campaign … not ONE solitary supporter could be found . |
| 20 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 21 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 22 | Police are looking for any links with today 's fire . |
| 23 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 24 | His actions were deliberate , his trained eye looking for any bugs that might be hidden in the room . |
| 25 | There is no point in looking for any improvement in the journal while he was second in command — there was none . |
| 26 | He had turned to fly around the eastern edge of the island 's encircling reefs and was now staring intently at the houses , searching for any signs of danger , but it seemed as though Murder Cay was deserted . |
| 27 | I am interested in working for the Forestry Commission , for a national park or getting a job which involves caring for any aspect of the environment . |
| 28 | After testing for any side-effects on the plant or on neighbouring plants , it will be tested on a field scale . |
| 29 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 30 | Hope he 's not going for any drinking . |