Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | No further away than this morning The Times printed an advertisement from 209 of the great and the good who are calling for the legalisation of cannabis . |
| 32 | one view of plans to put VAT on fuel … but it 's not only the scriptwriters who are calling for John Major 's head . |
| 33 | It is only fair to add that some lawyers play exactly the opposite role , persuading clients who are itching for a zero sum fight that they would do better to reach a nonzero sum settlement out of court . |
| 34 | The value to a company of an experienced press officer is being able to distinguish between journalists who are looking for free samples and those who are serious about their work . |
| 35 | Well I 'm finishing me tape she 's coming for it in the morning . |
| 36 | Bearing in mind you 're looking for colour and . |
| 37 | Just to make it extra easy , here are the words you 're looking for : EVERTON , PLAYER , BY , PLAYER , ALEX , YOUNG , PETER , REID , GUINNESS , BOOKS . |
| 38 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 39 | It depends on the effect you 're looking for , and on the original design . |
| 40 | He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement . |
| 41 | She looked at the crumpled figure who was fighting for breath on the pillow , perspiration pouring down his anguished face . |
| 42 | I see my task as a weaver who is looking for threads to weave together . |
| 43 | One way of finding applicants of a suitable calibre is to use an agency which specializes in the type of employee you are looking for , and which , if it is a good agency , will already have done some preliminary sorting to weed out those who are entirely unsuitable . |
| 44 | The market for New York real estate is very soft , compared with the rent we are paying for our Tokyo gallery ’ . |
| 45 | Diane , I believe that if I place this disc onto the rotating turntable of a hi-fi system — not forgetting to place the stylus onto the groove , of course — then we may just find the break we 're looking for … |
| 46 | Diane , I believe that if I place this disc onto the rotating turntable of a hi-fi system — not forgetting to place the stylus onto the groove , of course — then we may just find the break we 're looking for … |
| 47 | So one of the aspects we 're looking for sometimes is recognising when we 're in a negative cycle , how you can turn that round to a positive cycle . |
| 48 | On Friday we 're playing for a couple of hours with a few suprise guests one had considerably more hair than the rest of the band put together . |
| 49 | ( Since we have taken the concentration diffusivity to be effectively zero , this is sufficient to give the effect we are looking for ) . |
| 50 | In the long term we are looking for a measure of the relationship between debt financing and equity financing . |
| 51 | ‘ Now remember , lads , ’ he briefed them as they scuttled purposefully over the rough rocky ground , ‘ this is n't some parasite we 're searching for , it 's a Chelonian officer . |
| 52 | Police have issued a description of the car they 're looking for : It 's a red rover 216 , registration number K526 RBC |
| 53 | ‘ That 's the car they were looking for . |
| 54 | The repertoire of the Vanbrugh Quartet stretches from Haydn to the present day , and that span is reflected in the programme they are playing for the Festival . |
| 55 | Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her . |
| 56 | To be sure they were not removing the very effect they were looking for , the researchers divided the children into groups on the basis of their lead levels . |
| 57 | They have vague ideas of the type of pictures they 're looking for , so they 're trying to get the Designer to make it happen for them — to confirm their thoughts . ’ |
| 58 | During the months they were waiting for the divorce he came to see her nearly every day . |
| 59 | Hands tightly clenched , Gina broke into the slow , seductive future he was forecasting for them . |
| 60 | ANDREW Fitton , the chief executive of Braithwaite , has withdrawn the consortium bid he was preparing for Eagle Trust , the Midlands mini-conglomerate currently under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the West Midlands fraud squad . |