Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
| 2 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |
| 3 | Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens . |
| 4 | Now the club are looking for a player of your capabilities . |
| 5 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
| 6 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 7 | An answer came from Huddersfield , where the Town Football Club were looking for an assistant to their secretary-manager Ambrose Langley , who had partnered Chapman 's brother at Hull before the war . |
| 8 | The Association is paying for the work , expected to cost in the region of £5,500 ( $9,600 ) from donations worldwide and has also launched an appeal for funds to restore the whole altar . |
| 9 | Keegan 's club is building for the future on the back of 30,000 gates every home match , but the Newcastle boss refuses to discuss transfer targets and would n't comment on the Ferdinand situation yesterday . |
| 10 | The estate agent is selling for a third party and it would be totally wrong that his client should suffer because of the false window-dressing of his agent . |
| 11 | The Commerce Department is looking for the book market to expand markedly up to 1997 , achieving average annual growth rated of 3.5% in constant dollars throughout the period . |
| 12 | A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension . |
| 13 | The second storyline is going for the wider market , and some might argue , a little too near-the-knuckle for such an early evening show . |
| 14 | The mayor is preparing for a charity penalty shoot-out competition at the Leicester City-Middlesbrough game next Wednesday . |
| 15 | We stop on the verge beyond the clearing , the car is murmuring for a decision . |
| 16 | Russian industry is going for a song . |
| 17 | Now the tobacco industry is going for the slightly more subtle form of advertising which is sponsorship . |
| 18 | Labour is working for the community |
| 19 | Mr Salmond may well be right in supposing that Labour 's Scottish high command was looking for an excuse to wriggle out of its reluctant commitments to constitutional co-operation . |
| 20 | Cobalt was heading for a renewal of the morning 's hangover , Oliver would expect to head for Antibes with her later . |
| 21 | Today the Gloucestershire Echo was preparing for the worst . |
| 22 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 23 | Knowing what I do now [ he says ] , I think the DIA was looking for a way to get me back to Beirut to salvage what it could from the Asmar wreck . |
| 24 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 25 | Relatives of a ninety-one year old widow left battered in her own home are pleading for the public to help catch her attacker . |
| 26 | The Reuters poll shows only 5 p.c. of dealers expect an outright Tory victory , while a similar proportion are looking for a clear Labour majority . |
| 27 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |
| 28 | I got another breakthrough , my typing teacher told me that the London County Council were advertising for a Medical superintendent 's Clerk at the Western Fever Hospital in Fulham SW6 . |
| 29 | Reports claimed that demonstrators in the south were calling for the establishment of an Islamic government in Iraq headed by Hakim . |
| 30 | He was talking about having her portrait painted : you do n't do that if your marriage is heading for the rocks . ’ |