Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said , ‘ I was dying for a pint so when I saw the pub I decided to land and come in . ’ ‘ |
| 2 | He insisted the scheme was not in tatters and the main effect of the banks ' decision would be to make applying for a loan less convenient for students . |
| 3 | ‘ I would also state my belief that in relation to Class AA , our parent company has behaved entirely properly ; the process of applying for a patent necessarily entails wide publication and ample opportunity for opposition . |
| 4 | It was realised ( admittedly in connection with problems over legal aid payments , rather than dissolution of partnerships ) that difficulty might ensue where a solicitor continued to practise after applying for a renewal only to have his application eventually rejected . |
| 5 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been saving for a while now , ’ Yanto began , ‘ and by tonight I shall have a hundred and fifty . |
| 7 | After the door closed , a pudgy hand picked up the videotape gingerly as if it were a dead bird and , pausing for a moment so that the viewer could read ‘ GOVERNMENT DRUGS SCANDAL ’ , dropped it into a wastepaper bin . |
| 8 | If you are acting for a mortgagee as well as for a buyer or borrower , then you prepare the mortgage deed at the same time as the transfer deed . |
| 9 | ( g ) Special arrangements for companies The company form 395 has already been mentioned in the context of acting for a mortgagor above . |
| 10 | ( h ) Special arrangements for a mortgagee company This is a reminder when you are acting for a mortgagor as well as for the buyer-borrower . |
| 11 | Because there is a way forward , it is about negotiation , it is about hunt the hunting community , it is about sharing ideas and looking for a way forward , going forward from here , well to turn a blind eye to what goes on and vote for that amendment is very similar to what Hitler did in Germany fifty years ago . |
| 12 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 13 | We met briefly once in the water on my ill-fated outing at Laniakea : he was planing down a wave , I was scuttling up it , looking for a way out . |
| 14 | If North Korea is looking for a way out of its nuclear predicament , and a way back into the NPT , China could offer to do what America once did for Taiwan : persuade it to give up its nuclear moonlighting , and take charge of any offending materials and bomb bits . |
| 15 | The snarling and growling is very audible as the lions move about , looking for a way out . |
| 16 | I 'm looking for a way out . |
| 17 | If I have to do what is necessary here before looking for a position where the statistical likelihood of victory is higher , so be it , ’ he said . |
| 18 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 19 | The great spread of drug-taking among the young during this time can also be seen either as ‘ doing it for kicks ’ or looking for a road out of materialistic culture . |
| 20 | yeah , well I , Mike says I brought that one home when we were looking for a hall instead , but I said no I said it was one very similar , but he said we could n't have it because erm |
| 21 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're looking for a maternity home ? ’ |
| 23 | It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience , but we were looking for a manager primarily . |
| 24 | Apparently they 're looking for a house now . |
| 25 | Understandably , he is looking for a place where he can not be reached , A Retreat where he can enjoy an unearned or undeserved equilibrium . |
| 26 | So , if you 're looking for a mortgage now or in the future , go ahead and make your move — speak to any of our staff today . |
| 27 | Sue Hill was 35 when she started looking for a job nearly two years ago . |
| 28 | not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all |
| 29 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 30 | Early or semi-retired people or housewives looking for a break often welcome a different four walls and a fresh interest . |