Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
| 2 | Further growth of the market is anticipated , perhaps by 30pc again next year , and many of the big players are gearing up for expansion . |
| 3 | except then if you 're writing off for money to places like Telecom and it 's a national logo |
| 4 | I want my er if you 're going back for dinner , I want my camera and my film . |
| 5 | Monday we 're going out for dinner . |
| 6 | Look , they 're coming out for play time . |
| 7 | But they 're gone , and you 're scrabbling around for work . |
| 8 | When you 're clearing up for lunch look out the window it 's the enclosed garden . |
| 9 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
| 10 | The private possessions of Robert Maxwell are going up for auction . |
| 11 | Hers is perhaps a 30 year plan , a code that will keep her name in neon until her teenage fans are getting on for grandparenthood and Madonna is another has-been . |
| 12 | Thousands of firms are closing down for Christmas , according to the survey by Income Data Services . |
| 13 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This is a girl who has been crying out for help , ’ one aide said . |
| 15 | While teachers are underpaid , schools are crying out for repair and children for books , Ministers ' standard answer is to say , ’ You ca n't solve problems by throwing money at them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Better hurry , or they 'll soon be knocking off for lunch . ’ |
| 17 | And I take it the police still have his case more or less open , and will be looking out for news of him , in case there 's something more in it . |
| 18 | He added that fell walkers and ramblers may be teaming up for weekend excursions into the great outdoors . |
| 19 | Must be coming up for school dinner-time . ’ |
| 20 | You said I 'll phone you if I 'm coming in for tea ! |
| 21 | I forgot to mention earlier that I 'll be standing in for emergency cover tonight . ’ |
| 22 | HELP the Aged 's shops are warming up for winter with a special promotion of woollies , wellies and waterproofs . |
| 23 | The tables were filling up for afternoon tea . |
| 24 | We were slowing down for lunch and lack of fitness , and after traversing 200 feet of horizontal ridge and tricky gendarmes , we found a terrace in the sun below the final flawless tower and sucked on soggy oranges . |
| 25 | The three year contracts that Lyall and McGiven signed in the summer of 1990 were coming up for expiry so the Town board have been working to keep their highly successful pair with the club to put a stop to speculation and rumours that were beginning to start . |
| 26 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 27 | The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said : |
| 28 | And you were jumping around for joy and saying |
| 29 | ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’ |
| 30 | Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim . |