Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has you aiming for each number in turn ( 1–20 ) , finishing on the bull . |
| 2 | And if the recession continued much longer she might return to London to find herself looking for some other occupation to keep the roof over her head — but that was her secret . |
| 3 | Another message — ‘ Ease his pain ’ — sends the farmer off to Boston to find a reclusive novelist ( James Earl Jones ) and a third imprecation from the skies — ‘ Go the distance ’ has him looking for another old baseballer ( Burt Lancaster ) who played just once for the New York Giants before becoming a much-loved doctor . |
| 4 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 5 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 6 | ‘ I can see her going for that , ’ he said . |
| 7 | And organisers are hoping that the success of this event will keep it going for another half century . |
| 8 | The keen thespian likens the challenge of reactivating the Pedernales oilfield to mounting a theatrical production — it should impress the audience enough to leave them yearning for more . |
| 9 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 10 | It was this disappearance that really roused my suspicion , and started me searching for some kind of pattern to make sense of these changes . |
| 11 | But enough , I hope , to start you searching for more . |
| 12 | Our million dollar white knuckle rides such as the wet and wild Great Niagara Rapids , the awesome Missile and the hair-raising Runaway Train will have you screaming for more . |
| 13 | I find myself working for more money , bettering myself . ’ |
| 14 | From traditional African to Jo'burg variety — work song ( gumboot ) , disco , jazz funk , hot gospel — and back again to a sensational African celebration which will leave you shouting for more . |
| 15 | For that we can thank a succulent script , meaty characterisations and four central performances that will leave you begging for more . |
| 16 | An attempt is made to offer one heading for each concept , a principle which the indexer should try to adhere to consistently . |
| 17 | Up to now , I would have directed anyone looking for these works , especially as played on ‘ period ’ instruments , to the Hyperion set by the London Fortepiano Trio ( ) . |
| 18 | Beware of finding yourself volunteering for all kinds of jobs that you do n't want to do . |
| 19 | Their recent blockbusting Belfast 1991 production at the Group Theatre left everyone clamouring for more . |
| 20 | They always were rhythmic , percussive , beaty , tinny , rattly — a tease , in fact , they tickled your feet and left you begging for more . |
| 21 | Here we see them training for that role . |
| 22 | Cook for 1 hour 43 minutes and you have Death Becomes Her , a frothy souffle whose first bite melts deliciously in the mouth but soon leaves you champing for some meat . |
| 23 | There was a momentary silence during which she could imagine him rallying for another attack . |
| 24 | But neither of these is fully regulated which means that teachers may perhaps find themselves working for less than fully professional organisations . |