Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense Lecercle ( whose own name doubtless encouraged him to consider the surplus meanings language provides ) is sticking up for parole , the language as she is spoke ( or written ) . |
| 2 | Finally , he is looking out for support material for Christian detached youth workers . |
| 3 | Another slice of the Maxwell empire is going up for sale . |
| 4 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 5 | and who 's going in for emergency surgery and whose chances of coming out are virtually nil anyway . |
| 6 | In fact : a full-length cinema-scope colour spread of BB on her stomach at the water 's edge displaying a bottom ‘ as bare as a censor 's eyeball ’ said Time ; BB rescued from the sea in a clinging wet dress ; her wedding night concealed behind some strategically tossed bed linen ; and her breasts showing in faint outline through the sheet she is holding up for modesty 's sake ( they were never seen unveiled ) . |
| 7 | The Ikon Gallery , whose lease is coming up for renewal in February 1993 , is studying the possibility of taking over a Victorian school next to the International Convention Centre . |
| 8 | It is thought that there might , it might have remained in the hands of some diplomats who were transferring it , and there were two of these issues , there is one in a private collection at present , so this is a second one , and number eight which is coming out for sale , but the number seven did change hands er a couple of years ago , so at about fifty five thousand pounds I believe . |
| 9 | And you never know when your husband is coming home for dinner , or if he 's coming home alone , or with his secretary or with a friend — I mean , you have nothing in your life to plan , not even that night , let alone the next day or the weekend . |
| 10 | LEPINE CONTINUES shooting about the classroom , and then returns to the lectern where Maryse Leclair is crying out for help . |
| 11 | The country is crying out for leadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking-shop for academics and political has-beens . |
| 12 | The country is crying out for economy ; why not an enquiry into the Liverpool Police Force ? |
| 13 | The information industry is crying out for simplification and struggles desperately under the burden of its own complex , often incomprehensible jargon . |
| 14 | Time is running out for sentence appeal |
| 15 | ‘ It 's coming up for midnight , ’ said Shirley , with some relief , pointing at the quartz carriage clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 16 | ‘ You know the land that 's coming up for auction ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Ilsa 's coming over for supper . ’ |
| 18 | My policy is to vote in local elections for the person who , in my opinion , is going to serve the locality best , regardless of political views , but how can one vote without some knowledge of who is putting up for election ? |
| 19 | They like it everyone is sort of their trundling around , the library is showing up for lunch . |
| 20 | It 's comin' yet for a' that , |
| 21 | It 's comin' yet for a' that , |
| 22 | There is still the creative side of me that is screaming out for attention . ’ |
| 23 | I wish finally in this introduction to say something of the nature of the question which feminism is raising here for Christianity . |
| 24 | We go two lads there with hardly any work on me and Jan are alright now we got a third person Graham has n't got much on and er Ri Richard 's scraping round for work , so of course my ears pricked up like so I thought , Mike sensed that I 'd looked up and he looked at me and er so I just looked back he said God , God had never invented a woman with small ears ! |