Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 2 | By the time he got back there 'd be search parties out looking for him . |
| 3 | However , at the time that Penrose produced his theorem , I was a research student desperately looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D . |
| 4 | Police scoured the area around South Park and Feethams football ground yesterday searching for youths thought to have been involved in a break-in at a house in Polam Lane , Darlington . |
| 5 | With their experienced hooker David Watkinson still struggling for fitness , Dewsbury are likely to retain the same side as Sunday . |
| 6 | Now let's get back to them before they send a search party out looking for us . ’ |
| 7 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |
| 8 | All the while public expenditure was rising with direct and transfer payments together accounting for nearly 50 per cent of GDP by the mid 1970s . |
| 9 | And to make matters worse after their own slide from 316 for three to 380 all out , the second day in Colombo ended with Phil Tufnell again struggling for form . |
| 10 | The bowlers then found no difficulty in maintaining the lack of momentum as the second day in Colombo ended with Phil Tufnell again struggling for form , taking nought for 50 from 13 overs , with six boundaries being plundered from his first five overs . |
| 11 | But the famous Bongs ! will have a hollow ring for millions of soccer fans anxiously waiting for news of their teams . |
| 12 | Ms Kate Noble , Support Services Co-ordinator for Age Concern in this area wrote to the Parish Council recently asking for assistance in identifying needs of older people in the rural areas and ways in which those needs could be met by Age Concern . |
| 13 | Unix International has canned its press agents Miller Communications and hired New York-based Kahn Communications Group instead primping for an ‘ image makeover , ’ Kahn 's stock-in-trade . |
| 14 | Thousands upon thousands of stately 100 ft pines just waiting for the mis-hit golf ball . |
| 15 | ‘ So , when the bombs start to go off the Western press will put it down to hard-liner elements still yearning for the days before Gorbachev arrived . |
| 16 | The Netherlands will be a major energy importer by the year 2000 with oil and gas imports probably accounting for over 40% of total demand . |
| 17 | Tony Walsh scored six goals as Peppers won 12-2 at bottom-placed Palatine ( Chris Sherry , Peter Middleman ) , with Paul McGuinness ( 3 ) , Paul McGuire ( 2 ) and Steve Carroll also netting for the winners . |
| 18 | Danny Quinn was substituted against Dublin after twenty minutes and there must be a question mark over his participation in the final with Fergal McCusker and Karl Diamond both pressing for places . |
| 19 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 20 | Lucky I can look after myself ’ — ADRI GELDENHUYS ( Eastern Province lock currently playing for Tarbes in France ) on French club rugby . |
| 21 | Bruno has dramatically re-entered the world heavyweight picture because of a clause in a TV contract that prevents George Foreman immediately fighting for the world title . |
| 22 | HEARTBROKEN Iris Wainwright , 62 , wrote to Saddam Hussein yesterday begging for her son 's freedom . |
| 23 | and is Omar Hassan now riding for them too in the US ? |
| 24 | ‘ Is that fellow Gallagher still workin' for ye ? ’ he asked sourly . |
| 25 | It stood a clear 10ft above the other trees , like a flag on top of a fortress , its mushroom structure always pressing for the extra light due to its extra height . |
| 26 | THOUSANDS of demonstrators marched through the Moscow streets yesterday calling for an end to the Communist Party 's monopoly of power , in the first independent parade to be held on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution since Stalin imposed totalitarian conformity on the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | It also tends to reduce the scope for independent software firms : there are few software houses not working for the computer manufacturers . |
| 28 | And with two TV networks now competing for a UK cable channel , a similar service is set to take off here by the year 's end . |
| 29 | Last season 's top scorer Mark Bright returned to the attack , after being left out at the start of the season , to hit two goals in as many games and clear the way for Warhurst to finally go , especially with England Under-21 striker Chris Bart-Williams also pressing for a starting spot . |
| 30 | In the New Testament Jesus uses two images to convey God 's extravagant concern for the world : one is the shepherd who risks the rest of the flock in order to go searching for the lost sheep ; the other is the woman who turns a house upside down looking for lost coins . |