Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are only catering for the mindless buffoons who find Simon Fanshawe a greater stimulus than Shakespeare . |
| 2 | It is pleasant to think of the two new Cuddesdon students , pushing their bicycles up the hill together from Wheatley station that July day of 1927 , and so meeting for the first time . |
| 3 | Now what you were doing was , you got the top figure of available beds and you this time , I 'm only going for the this paper that is shown to me a an an an and produced some place in in your apartments and it says here , partly vacancies weekend in the first of August . |
| 4 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 5 | They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts ! |
| 6 | Twenty or thirty thousand people were kneeling down facing westwards , patiently waiting for the final prayers of Ramadan . |
| 7 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 8 | Calera are obviously aiming for the mass market . |
| 9 | With these species , go for calmer water ( perhaps opting for the air-powered foam filter ) and consider planting natural plants in pots , or at least add a layer of Duckweed , Azolla , or other floating plant at the surface to encourage bubble nesting in Gouramis . |
| 10 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 11 | Again , not everyone — and surely not McGeechan — would view with any great enthusiasm the prospect of returning to the previous law and the spectacle of sundry sides , but England especially , so often merely playing for the next scrum . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid I ca n't see much changing for the red scouse game on saturday , though . |
| 13 | When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast . |
| 14 | No-one in the England camp was prepared to say whether there was less longing for the next tour of the Caribbean or to Pakistan , where the proposed 1996–97 series seems safely enough into the future . |
| 15 | If there is no local museum , there may be a professional archaeologist in the area , perhaps working for the local authority . |
| 16 | ( China , while not using its veto , nevertheless abstained , thus breaching for the first time the unanimity of the five permanent members of the Security Council in supporting resolutions on the Gulf crisis . |
| 17 | I would personally like to see more erm sort of grading of erm more , more higher standards being set by the sort of head offices of people who own things like chains of motorway service areas , not catering for the lowest common denominator , but aiming to really have an absolutely top quality service , cleanliness , everything , in all parts of their business . |
| 18 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 19 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 20 | Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes . |
| 21 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 22 | On the other hand , we certainly are not looking for the bland , but rather for the anodyne which is also intriguing and interesting and has a sense of positive enthusiasm . ’ |
| 23 | The assessors explain that they are not looking for the best ; ‘ that 'd be hopeless . |
| 24 | Sometimes that means not looking for the obvious , adds Mr Pilkington , who is also a real ale connoisseur and member of CAMRA . |
| 25 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
| 26 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
| 27 | The squabbling is not fitting for the so-called ambassador for Liverpool . |
| 28 | I 'm just looking for the biographical summary Ellis has given me . |
| 29 | Christie 's have got it and they 're just waiting for the right sale . |
| 30 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |