Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm I do n't know what was going on , apparently he was working for Sarsons . |
| 2 | Has he been taking lessons from the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) in arm movements , or perhaps he is auditioning for a part in ’ Thunderbirds ’ ? |
| 3 | Perhaps he is working for someone else . |
| 4 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 5 | Perhaps he was looking for danger where none existed , though his instinct told him he was n't . |
| 6 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
| 7 | Perhaps he was waiting for Gabriel to make a bolt for freedom , or to denounce his masters from the stage as murderers and charlatans . |
| 8 | So he 's waiting for you to come up and have a look at it . |
| 9 | so he 's going for some more tests next week . |
| 10 | So he was fighting for his state against Florida and against other states who were trying to get these public projects . |
| 11 | So he was waiting for him ? |
| 12 | As a Cheltenham magistrate Cranog Jones has sat in judgement of many but tonight he 's waiting for a jury to delever it 's verdict on him . |
| 13 | And always he was scratching for crumbs . |
| 14 | And she saying like he 's waiting for his accomplice like and they 've said they 've broken in . |
| 15 | Of course , he had known they would use the Microwave Gun on him ; they always did when he was up in front of somebody , whenever he was at a disadvantage anyway and needed all the help he could get , whenever he was going for an interview for a job , or being asked things by the Social security people or even clerks in the Post Office . |
| 16 | Now 'e 's payin' for it . |
| 17 | Now he 's looking for his next challenge . |
| 18 | Now he 's hoping for a winter tour , so he can emulate the achievement of his brother-in-law Andy Pick . |
| 19 | But now he 's preparing for an even more nerve-wracking experience — the birth of their first child later this summer . |
| 20 | Now he 's advertising for another Girl Friday to share the sun , sea and sand with him . |
| 21 | HARDMAN Basile Boli has already left his mark on England 's Psycho — and now he 's gunning for the man they call Attila . |
| 22 | Now he is appealing for sponsorship to help him meet his expenses . |
| 23 | Now he is gunning for Wednesday boss Francis for showdown talks about his on-off move back to Nottingham Forest . |
| 24 | Now he was appealing for the confidence of politicians , not for the confidence of the people . |
| 25 | The tragedy of it is though he 's paying for it now with his kidney problems . |
| 26 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 27 | The whisper is that Faldo has not been saying too much about how well he is playing for fear of tempting fate . |
| 28 | The whisper is that Faldo has not been saying too much about how well he is playing for fear of tempting fate . |
| 29 | Here he is jumping for joy . |
| 30 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |