Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 2 | Above all , the Prime Minister and the Government should be negotiating for the inclusion of a wider and more positive concept of economic convergence in the treaty than any that has yet emerged . |
| 3 | When deciding where the company should be going for the future it is extremely important that one should not lose sight of the need for synergy since adventuring outside one 's own field contains high added risk which the shareholders will very quickly appreciate . |
| 4 | The section on the management of theatres and arts facilities explains that certain community-based facilities may be exempt and that , provided that subsidies are put up front and form part of the tender process , they may be allowed , yet it is appropriate that there should be tendering for the management of theatres such as the Derngate in Northampton . |
| 5 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 6 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |
| 7 | ‘ That must be upsetting for the innkeepers . ’ |
| 8 | I think Tod must be hankering for the old house , over to Wellport , because that 's where most of our trips end up . |
| 9 | Among East Anglian property pundits , alarm over what Mr Lamont might be planning for the region 's property market turned to relief as it became clear he had no major upsets in store . |
| 10 | Jacob , increasingly since he commenced going to university , might be missing for the rest of the day ; Joshua , particularly in the summer , would go out for long walks in the country , following , he said , the course of some meshuggeneh game in which young men threw an iron ball along the road and ran after it — could there be such a game ? |
| 11 | Speedie explained later : ‘ When the fan ran on I thought he might be going for the referee , so I tried to intervene . |
| 12 | ‘ Also , I 'll be looking for the slag personally , so I reckon between us we should find him . |
| 13 | But the chances are you 'll be heading for the hills next weekend , and according to the Countryside Commission for Scotland , almost 100,000 of you will be doing so in Scotland ! |
| 14 | I thought oh that 'll be smashing for the snow just sweep |
| 15 | Or indeed they could be heading for the two peaks we had just thrashed . |
| 16 | Darlington have chosen largely unknown Queensland pace bowler Scott Muller as their professional partly because of his qualifications as a coach but if former Lancashire player , Jack Simmons ' opinion proves correct they could be challenging for the title yet again . |
| 17 | For experienced marathoners , it could be qualifying for the Boston Marathon . |
| 18 | I 'd be sending for the police . |
| 19 | Though second at the first GP , his subsequent results did n't seem to suggest he 'd be fighting for the title . |
| 20 | The subtle , instinctive mind pattern of an insect may be looking for the particular infrared , pheromone emission which signifies the presence of his lady-love . |
| 21 | Here , anything that threatens the superego tends to be destructive ; and we can readily see that the externalization of conflict , although defensive for the ego , may be damaging for the culture because the effect of the externalization is to make the culture the locus of the conflict . |
| 22 | The salesperson 's voice may be competing for the buyers ' attention with the flashing lights and noise of the equipment . |
| 23 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 24 | Beijing , on the other hand , has failed to make clear whether it is really willing to negotiate and may be waiting for the deadline to be dropped before making a move . |
| 25 | There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation . |
| 26 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 27 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 28 | ‘ I think it would be damaging for the economies of the community if we were unable to reach agreement . ’ |
| 29 | For millennia it was accepted that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe , despite all the contrary evidence , on the grounds that no other site would be fitting for the world on which the ‘ chosen ’ ( whatever their religion ) dwelt . |
| 30 | The taxi , when it came back to the street , would be crawling because the driver would be looking for the number . |