Example sentences of "[vb past] they [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , both Dustin and Voight avowed they were rooting for Wayne , despite the wide political divergence between them and the older star . |
| 2 | Mr Caterall said that when the men were arrested they claimed they were hunting for foxes . |
| 3 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 4 | When Jessica poked her in the ribs and swore they were coming for them , she hardly raised her head . |
| 5 | In the space of a week no fewer than five North Harbour players of various stature announced they were leaving for substantial playing-working contracts in Japan , ranging from two to three years . |
| 6 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 7 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 8 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 9 | But they knew they were working for him , and each of them was hoping that if the jewel were found it would be he who would have found it . |
| 10 | Melanie knew they were coming for her and started . |
| 11 | They can no longer plead they thought they were digging for foxes , which are not protected , for that is how they escaped conviction in the past . |
| 12 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 13 | The hostess of the coffee place thought they were waiting for a table and corrected them for not standing in the queue . |
| 14 | They bought out , this company have bought out a new tile and he said they 're looking for a sort of nice house to have as a sort of a show house and then he thinks he 'll get them for nothing . |
| 15 | Well if Vicky 's in hospital she said they 're going for the day there . |
| 16 | Tonight the police said they are checking for any similarities with previous attacks . |
| 17 | COLA Director Gerry Thompson said they are waiting for ideas to formulate . |
| 18 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |
| 19 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 20 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 21 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Those burglars he sent — you said they were looking for something . |
| 23 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 24 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 25 | But a young couple with a seven-year-old daughter said they were leaving for good . |
| 26 | In answer to our enquiries they said they were waiting for goods coming from Egypt to receive customs clearance . |
| 27 | Said they were talking for somebody big . |
| 28 | What had they been looking for ? |