Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
| 2 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 3 | In successfully pressing for a referendum on the Common Market , he obliged Wilson to suspend the doctrine of collective Cabinet responsibility , an event without precedent since the National Government had done the same on the free-trade issue in the early thirties . |
| 4 | The University was fortunate in successfully bidding for a capital grant from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) towards the cost of a £1.5 million extension of the Pathfoot Building , now completed and being used to re-locate the Department of History with the rest of the School of Arts in Pathfoot . |
| 5 | There are over 600 multinationals in a ‘ billion-dollar-club ’ and a host of smaller fry all competing for a share of the market . |
| 6 | It 's never going to rumble through the floor in the way that a similarly priced 4x10 would , but they 're obviously catering for a gap in the market which is n't being filled very successfully . |
| 7 | Merely looking for a person is not an assault : Arobieke [ 1988 ] Crim LR 314 ( CA ) . |
| 8 | The Russian swore , feverishly searching for a grenade . |
| 9 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 10 | POP mogul Pete Waterman is turning his multi-million empire upside down searching for a spy . |
| 11 | So acting for a buyer , if no protective entries appear on the Register you need have no qualms ; if they do , you will of course question them by requisition or otherwise . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 13 | Rangers had lost some of the invention they displayed in the first half , but still had Ferdinand eagerly searching for a goal . |
| 14 | For a long moment silence hung in the air between them , Candy obviously searching for a solution to a problem she had never encountered before . |
| 15 | Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks ! |
| 16 | He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks |
| 17 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 18 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown added . |
| 19 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 20 | ‘ Only waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 21 | However , in parliamentary terms Mr Nelson has been long waiting for a call from a prime minister offering jobs . |
| 22 | There by the light of an adjoining street lamp he clearly saw the figure of a station master or porter wearing a flat-topped regulation hat apparently waiting for a train . |
| 23 | There 's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol , apparently going for a song . |
| 24 | She and Boldwood were obviously going for a ride together . |
| 25 | Rape , although unspeakably degrading for a woman , in no way degrades its victims morally . |
| 26 | The idea of doing some private nursing , then perhaps travelling for a while , had stayed in the back of her mind during the days since that disastrous exchange with Deana in the cafeteria , and a small voice kept saying inside her , ‘ Perhaps you should . |
| 27 | She scuttled across the road , dragging a reluctant Snappy who was obviously spoiling for a scrap , just as Ford reached his front gate . |
| 28 | He was suddenly spoiling for a fight again . |
| 29 | lies in the fact that ‘ the offspring behave like wolves and look like dogs … this ‘ camouflage ’ gives them a tremendous competitive advantage because , as ‘ dogs ’ , they can approach garbage dumps in populated areas or herds of sheep without anyone taking special notice , much less reaching for a rifle ’ . |
| 30 | Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change . |