Example sentences of "[v-ing] for one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daren Foster , coming to the end of his present contract , and Steve Bastien are in effect competing for one place . |
| 2 | Tim Curtis is not afraid to leave out seamers — but it still looks as if Illingworth and Stemp will mostly be competing for one place . |
| 3 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 4 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 5 | If you have embarked on this decision , entertaining friends at home may became increasingly difficult too , for your parent may look forward always to being present on these occasions , without realising for one moment that her daughter needs the opportunity sometimes to be able to relate to her friends alone , so that she can project her personality freely and share confidences and opinions with people of her own generation . |
| 6 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 7 | Norman 's always looking for one hole are n't you Norm ! |
| 8 | I need to looking for one person , someone . |
| 9 | So we 're looking for one person . |
| 10 | Instead of looking for one thing to satisfy our needs we might try looking for combinations . |
| 11 | So you 're actually looking for one thing ? |
| 12 | They 're looking for one sort of nice house to sort of show them more or less . |
| 13 | This could not happen in spoken language interpreting since the buffer would have two spoken codes vying for one output . |
| 14 | Why all of them if he 's searching for one slave ? ’ |
| 15 | What is the point of paying for one day developing ? |
| 16 | As an interim measure , the council decided on 14 March to give the nod to about £45 million to keep projects going for one year , ‘ It 's a complex mix , ’ one official said . |
| 17 | She 's only going for one class . |
| 18 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 19 | Erm you gave your business card , sorry you gave your buyer 's guide first and Steve raised an objection then about do you find it a problem only selling for one company |
| 20 | The Johnny Mathis ‘ A Child is Born ’ disc also avoided this by fudging the identity of the infant — ‘ The world is waiting for one child … black , white , yellow ? … no one knows . ’ |
| 21 | For they knew perfectly well that Lothar was waiting for one thing to happen before engaging in battle : one thing which would make him too feel he could win . |
| 22 | Drums frequently in spring , with 8–10 blows lasting for one second only . |
| 23 | The West End success It 's Magic took off on tour on April 24 , taking in 26 venues all over the country and calling for one night at Sunderland Empire on May 16 . |
| 24 | Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ? |
| 25 | Mr Wallace immediately faxed a letter which was delivered by hand to the Reporter , asking for one hour extra to be allowed . |
| 26 | They do not place themselves inside or outside the Renaissance by anything they actually do : it is we who place them there ( or exclude them therefrom ) by opting for one definition of the term rather than another . |
| 27 | The discount , running for one year , comes off the C&G base mortgage rate of 8.5% , producing a rate of 6.5% for the first year and an annual percentage rate of 9.3% . |
| 28 | Therefore , as long as the vehicle is in motion , the mercury switch repeatedly triggers the monostable which prevents the timer running for one minute . |
| 29 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 30 | Thus : if a lode was 4 ft. 6 in. wide or thick , stoping for one fathom would mean 6 ft. x 6 ft . |