Example sentences of "[subord] they 're [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not as such so they 're pressing for an answer , the factory , but erm , he came back and said we 'd need firm prices , per kilo price , lump sum price not acceptable , customer offer of sixteen Deutschmark per kilo from , for twelve to fourteen with delivery , your request for those credit verified five months not acceptable , you offer to deliver in eight weeks in which case and we 'd get till twelve weeks , please confirm . |
| 2 | Now they 've come out the front door and the bus is running er coming down the road so they 're running for that bus , so they 're using up their energy , the insulin level 's there , but the energy level is going down . |
| 3 | The police do n't yet know if they 're looking for an IRA gang or just one member acting alone . |
| 4 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 5 | They 've all been very responsible and they seem to have loads of energy and a sense of fun , which is essential if they 're babysitting for my three-year-old during the day . |
| 6 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 7 | If they 're going for a secluded house or a house where there 's plenty of trees and you ca n't see |
| 8 | When you can get choice of them , if they 're going for forty over a piece ! |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the little things that are frustrating , ’ said Jane Olds , ‘ such as not being able to ask if they 're warm , or not understanding if they 're asking for something . ’ |
| 10 | I think that 's the one danger of all of this , is that both the County Council 's and the District Council 's aim perhaps or now are beginning to listen to the parish councils , but also , just really get an eye off the ball , cos they 're looking for the increased responsibilities for their own purposes , and I think that 's one serious danger that we c have to face , as a local community . |
| 11 | Well they ai n't going to anyway does a two or three years , they 're old age pensioners , the house is too big for them cos they 're waiting for a place to move , that 's why I want to get it , get this hedge grow before the next one comes in |
| 12 | Aye I should think so , unless they 're working for themselves right . |
| 13 | Erm , yeah , I was gon na say , it 's not even just like listening to the radio , is it , because they 're catering for the , for the sighted , they 're not , you know , if it was on radio , they 'd say more , but I mean , it 's television , but |
| 14 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 15 | Now hopefully , Dick said they 're palletizing while they 're waiting for the containers they 're also palletizing the rest of that stuff . |
| 16 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
| 17 | beginning to go , when they 're looking for members it was important to get er high involvement in this . |