Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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1 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
2 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
3 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
4 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
5 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
6 | In the West End there seems at the moment a tendency to rely too much on the goodwill of actors which is often accompanied by a failure to maintain a true interest in what is going on for the actor . |
7 | And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’ |
8 | ‘ We only wanted athletes of distinction and no one is going along for the trip , ’ Murray said . |
9 | ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets . |
10 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
11 | De Craon is snuffling about for the juicier morsels , then it 's back to Paris and heigh ho for Rome and our Holy Father . ’ |
12 | Now the old man 's moving in for the kill , thought Paul Lane , with an anticipatory flash of excitement . |
13 | The wife 's brother is coming up for the festivities . ’ |
14 | This kick is especially useful when a fighter has been knocked to the ground and his opponent is closing in for the kill , although in training it is learned from a standing position . |
15 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
16 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
17 | This follows ICL 's successful implementation of a departure control system for airline Cathay Pacific ( CI No 1,842 ) , and the work it is carrying out for the on-line departure system planned for the Channel Tunnel passenger rail services ( CI No 2,016 ) . |