Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier in the day , the police task force moved on bands of New Age travellers , trying to stop them gathering for a festival this weekend . |
| 2 | The special analyst they got for Italia 90 was Docherty , and he was , on the whole , pretty pathetic ( although I was amazed when , during England- Cameroun , he stated that England was playing terribly ; did n't expect this from someone commenting for a TV audience which was solidly pro-England ) . |
| 3 | When I think back it seems to me they were all three of them looking for a groove to settle in — tramlines that would take them somewhere without them having to think where they were going . ’ |
| 4 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 5 | He must ha , he was looking , somebody looking for a house . |
| 6 | Sources say its looking for a decision by Spring . |
| 7 | and records himself going for a piss but he does a bit , it cuts out when he 's actually pissing but he 's going on about now the biros are getting in the way of my knob here |
| 8 | Thanks to what Breeze had earned , they were able to rake up the fares — and now here they were , on their way to a remote Devonshire village with just enough money to keep them going for a fortnight or so . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you looking for a fight , lady ? ’ he demanded tersely . |
| 10 | Thinking of different pressed flower ideas for birthday presents should keep you going for a while ! |
| 11 | At the risk of alienating most of our readers — I HATE THE GAME ! ( 'S ' okay , I 'm only joking — had you going for a minute there though , did n't I ? ) |
| 12 | You 'll have enough to keep you going for a couple of months . |
| 13 | extent I 'd be happy to keep you going for a bit longer . |
| 14 | Are you going for a buy then ? |
| 15 | Why are you going for a walk ? |
| 16 | Right now , sorry to keep you waiting for a minute . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you waiting for a bus Ma'am , ’ one asked . |
| 18 | Or are you paying for a year in a in arrears ? |
| 19 | Griffin & Sabine leaves you wishing for a missive as exotic through your own front door . |
| 20 | What are you doing for a holiday then Deb 's . |
| 21 | You asking for a pill already ? ’ |
| 22 | Or you coming for a ride ? |
| 23 | Are you coming for a ride with daddy ? |
| 24 | " So , " he said , " are you coming for a walk ? " |
| 25 | ( Beckett 1959 and 1979 : 9 ) , while Flann O'Brien 's narrator comments , ‘ one beginning and one ending for a book was a thing I did not agree with ’ and goes on to offer ‘ three openings entirely dissimilar ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 9 ) . |
| 26 | Let her come to me begging for a haircut . |
| 27 | She put a condom on me and we got stuck in , but as soon as I had ejaculated she whipped the condom off me , leaving me floundering for a while on the bed . |
| 28 | Clare watched her eating for a moment . |
| 29 | Perhaps her mother would agree to her returning for a while to Framlingham … |
| 30 | ‘ Does the profession — preparers and auditors — want the new regime to give them principles on which they can use their professional judgment or are they looking for a cookbook ? |