Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 2 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 3 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 5 | Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market . |
| 6 | Well it maybe , you see I 've had this , this has been hanging around for a month |
| 7 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |
| 8 | But in the past year German authorities withdrew approval for certain components which Cameron and some other hot-air balloon manufacturers have been using worldwide for the past 20 years . |
| 9 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 10 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 11 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 12 | I 'm 32 and have been climbing seriously for the last 18 years , which helped me get accepted . |
| 13 | ‘ We are pressing hard for a meeting between BAe 's finance director and our lead investor as we are aware that time is slipping by , ’ said Mr Hooke . |
| 14 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 15 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 16 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 17 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 18 | Australian mining companies have been pressing hard for the upgrade for the past 18 months but , ironically , demand for Landsat data in the last few months has dropped by 60 per cent . |
| 19 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 20 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 21 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 22 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 23 | Mr Devi Lal , for example , who had been lobbying hard for the home ministry to add to his deputy premiership , had to content himself with the agriculture ministry . |
| 24 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 25 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 26 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 27 | Work is well on , but they are looking particularly for an Aldis gun sight for the project . |
| 28 | This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces . |
| 29 | They want a baby they 're not concerned whether it 's going to have spina-bifida or have som , they are looking forward for a perfect baby . |
| 30 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |