Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We manoeuvre in the world constantly looking out for Number One . |
| 2 | The union is constantly looking out for ways like this to show promoters , record companies and the rest of the music industry the right way to treat musicians , and to remind the business yet again of their responsibility to put back into music just a small part of the rewards which they enjoy , thanks to the skills of musicians . |
| 3 | Ian Brown 's drop goal increased the lead to four points , but the last quarter belonged exclusively to the visitors with Stephen Cowan , Maurice Field , Richard Cullen , Colin Wilkinson and Graeme Copeland all getting in for tries from which full-back Colin Wilkinson converted two of them . |
| 4 | ‘ Just caught your nippers apparently setting out for Siena , ’ Fosdyke said . |
| 5 | I know but I 'm still not wandering around for hours I 'm warning you now ! |
| 6 | He saved one of the Signals Waafs from getting into trouble through not turning up for duty on time , simply by staying at his post until she finally did appear . |
| 7 | If you live alone and are able to get out , there are many voluntary organisations just crying out for helpers . |
| 8 | I was not crying out for pain pills or anything . |
| 9 | The police , still clustered by their vans , were not watching out for trouble . |
| 10 | I chose a situation close to a hedgerow and was soon scouting around for logs or pieces of wood to cover the trench and to give some sort of protection against shrapnel . |
| 11 | Getting him to hospital is something I dread you would n't believe the struggle to get people to understand how bad it is — it 's usually building up for weeks but until he 's practically killed himself or someone else , no one wants to know . |
| 12 | I 'm always looking out for things I have n't heard before . |
| 13 | If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on . |
| 14 | Even if Kirov was still listening out for radio contact , he was unlikely still to be in direct touch with the pilot . |
| 15 | They 're always going down for anaesthetic , we ca n't find it . |
| 16 | But Fraser , pressed on the question of value for money resorted to other arguments : " they are more economical , but they are not so satisfactory , they are always going off for sickness of some kind or another , or their mother is ill or something of that kind — that is the greatest trouble , their mother is ill constantly " . |
| 17 | Everybody is still crying out for rain ; no one is ever satisfied . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Good old Acapulco — someone 's always dropping in for lunch ’ |
| 19 | He seemed to want to try to remain in the underworld while still reaching out for life 's little comforts and luxuries . |
| 20 | Shall we try a bite , or are you still screaming out for intercourse ? ’ |
| 21 | A different future is now opening up for Father Martin Flatman following yesterday 's vote at the synod to ordain women as priests . |
| 22 | Halcyon days indeed but now the trio have broken up and McWilliams after another brief spell in England is back searching around for mounts . |
| 23 | Scrolling through the A2 's patches it soon becomes obvious that it 's crammed full of great sounds , although , as usual , some do need severely sorting out for ouput level , which means that there 's no escaping learning how to program the thing ! |
| 24 | Ford tested Options in 15,000 deals for two years before launching it nationwide , so many of those cars are now coming up for sale . |
| 25 | By being on top he avoids being vulnerable , but vulnerable he is and , contrary to appearances , sensitive in the extreme and often crying out for dependency . |
| 26 | Certainly it was watched by a fair few housewives , posh farkers or not , with growing numbers of women around the country now tuning in for Paul Merton 's steadily increasing TV appearances . |
| 27 | Some of them are even looking out for compensation . ’ |
| 28 | The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help . |
| 29 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 30 | Carmichael wanted to avoid the risk of plucking remedies out of the air and then casting round for arguments to support them , which , he said , was the common practice in local authorities . |