Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dave Williams , spokesman for Sunderland-based Rover dealers Reg Vardy says : ‘ Things are looking great for the future . |
| 2 | Finally , especially if you are living alone for the first time , invest in some small cooking dishes and fridge/freezer containers . |
| 3 | Institute Council member Douglas Llambias said the fine ‘ was out of all proportion to a guilty verdict ’ , and added that if the fines were capped , ‘ we should have been publicising that for the last 12 months . |
| 4 | I mean , for that I could have , do a lovely one for under , a reasonable price , and they 're going straight for the cord . |
| 5 | ‘ I think they 're getting ready for the Second Front , ’ Sarah told Maureen , ‘ although Joe did n't say so . ’ |
| 6 | You do n't really get a break because you 're getting ready for the afternoon . |
| 7 | When we 're away though next week , I think they 'll do quite a lot of stuff inside and But they 're doing some for The same team are doing some friends of ours on Main Road and of course most of the people are down there . |
| 8 | ‘ You only ran five metres and you 're panting fit for the knacker 's yard . ’ |
| 9 | They are not content to stop now , they 're thinking big for the future . |
| 10 | Now things are getting tougher for the law breakers . |
| 11 | NOW that England and Scotland are getting ready for the World Cup finals , the question on the lips of two rejoicing nations is : ‘ What will the lads wear for the big date in Italy ? ’ |
| 12 | I thought you 'd been doing that for the thirty whatsit of July . |
| 13 | I have been doing this for the past 15 years . |
| 14 | The group 's belief in its own morality : ‘ We are doing this for the benefit of everyone . ’ |
| 15 | We are doing this for the right reasons . ’ |
| 16 | They 've been threatening that for the last fifteen minutes or so . |
| 17 | I 'll be keeping this for the next few days with me looking after it . |
| 18 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 19 | Then I remembered they would be getting ready for the Roman banquet later on in the evening . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 21 | They should be standing here now as the party of high taxation , and saying sorry to the people of Wiltshire for supporting Kenneth Clarke and his team , for supporting John Major and his team , and they should be saying sorry for the part that we pa played in lying to the electorate at the last general election . |
| 22 | Now please do n't think that I 'm saying this for the benefit of somebody else . |
| 23 | Despite the decline in its popularity , homoeopathy has not been standing still for the entire twentieth century . |
| 24 | The independent schools inspectorate , HMI , in a report published yesterday on the ‘ rather tentative start ’ of AS levels , said a quarter of schools were using these for the wrong reasons , often as a safeguard for weaker Alevel candidates . |
| 25 | All the boats were getting ready for the regatta that afternoon , bailing out dinghies , coiling ropes , and smells of food frying wafted across the smell of the estuary . |
| 26 | It was one of those golden autumn afternoons and there were blackberries and splashes of old man 's beard in the hedges , and the hawthorn berries were ripening scarlet for the birds when the cold winter came along . |
| 27 | We always got excited when we were packing ready for the journey of about 50 miles . |
| 28 | The week went by , it was a very pleasant week , hot with a cool breeze that made games and swimming even more pleasant than usual , Alicia and Betty were practising hard for the school sport , both were excellent swimmers and divers . |
| 29 | The date is drawing nearer for the raffle draw , first prize is a Vauxhall Nova car but there are many other exciting prizes . |
| 30 | Joan is growing old for the time being . |