Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This layout was a physical expression of the administrative structure that Hammond was organizing for the office particularly , as Mary Anderson points out , the special status awarded to the Under Secretaries and their political departments , by placing them on the same level as the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Bees hopes of qualifying for the semi-final now rest on Bari 's visit to Griffin Park next Wednesday . |
| 4 | Mr Tom Bland who is training for the Diaconate also assisted . |
| 5 | ( You can still buy one cheap in the car park round the corner from Victoria as they 're auctioned off by young Ozzers looking for the fare home . ) |
| 6 | What they do have in common is that in all cases industry will be looking for the location where it can make the best profit . |
| 7 | Are you looking for the interaction where you learn something about the culture from talking to the people or do you want minimal interaction where simply you visit a place , and you stay in your little bubble or ghetto with people of your own tour company , you do everything together and you never come into contact with local people . |
| 8 | She had got off the boat and was looking for the way out . |
| 9 | They 're looking for the body now . " |
| 10 | It 's just a case of looking for the body really . |
| 11 | He entered the maze of streets and alleyways below Piazza Amedeo , looking for the place where he had seen the little beggar girl with the bandaged leg . |
| 12 | And are you still looking for the thing where you go and buy and you give a fiver and it 's worth |
| 13 | George pushed his way through the throng , looking for the spot where the shepherds were gathered . |
| 14 | ‘ Also , I 'll be looking for the slag personally , so I reckon between us we should find him . |
| 15 | He and his crew are searching for the Land Where the Sun Goes at Night . |
| 16 | I was guarding a moving shadow ; trying to prevent something that might not happen , searching for the intention so as to stop it occurring . |
| 17 | After dinner , back on the boat , he sat and talked about the soil as the common link between people of all nations , and spoke almost lovingly of husbandry and caring for the soil almost as if it were a human being . |
| 18 | Heading for the Way Out sign , which guided him through a gate in the white fence bordering the platform , he started up the steep station approach . |
| 19 | Hosepiping the camera back and forth is a bad technique : it makes the audience feel giddy and will soon have it heading for the way out . |
| 20 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 21 | And she swept out , heading for the phone again . |
| 22 | One of the fellows was paying for the éclair anyway . |
| 23 | Mm , paying for the wrapping though |
| 24 | At this stage , Scott was obviously not pleading for the setting aside of the competition results , as has been suggested , but on the contrary , for the employment of the successful competitors , of whom there were four including Barry , with more right to the work than he had . |
| 25 | ‘ Criticising my age is like a footballer going for the man rather than the ball . |
| 26 | Well if Vicky 's in hospital she said they 're going for the day there . |
| 27 | ‘ Away you go lads ’ sent the leading squad dashing for the bridge literally under a hail of fire , for the startled Germans were shooting too high . |
| 28 | She is waiting for the clock downstairs to strike twelve . |
| 29 | And the ordeal of putting up the lists — he could still feel the brute weight of Allan Stewart 's shoulder jolting him aside , the smell of whisky on his breath , and then the twilit hours lying low beside the minister in the church , waiting for the hubbub outside to die away . |
| 30 | I was always waiting for the day when I would be beaten up , but it never came . |