Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should be looking for a market-based solution to our problems , not snooping in people 's backyards to check out what kind of barbecue they are using . ’ |
| 2 | It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time . |
| 3 | You should be looking for a machine capable of being upgraded to 16Mb , preferably to 32Mb . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 5 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 6 | And that means you should be aiming for an outfit that suggests smartness and efficiency rather than one that screams ‘ sack me ’ . |
| 7 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 8 | Above all , the Prime Minister and the Government should be negotiating for the inclusion of a wider and more positive concept of economic convergence in the treaty than any that has yet emerged . |
| 9 | When deciding where the company should be going for the future it is extremely important that one should not lose sight of the need for synergy since adventuring outside one 's own field contains high added risk which the shareholders will very quickly appreciate . |
| 10 | These environmentalists should be campaigning for a better world environment from their own backyard … |
| 11 | Every bride-to-be should be heading for a RoC Pure Beauty Centre . |
| 12 | As British title holder as well as winner of the British Supercup , Whitham has the ball at his toe you might say and he should be heading for a tilt at the world championships next year . |
| 13 | The section on the management of theatres and arts facilities explains that certain community-based facilities may be exempt and that , provided that subsidies are put up front and form part of the tender process , they may be allowed , yet it is appropriate that there should be tendering for the management of theatres such as the Derngate in Northampton . |
| 14 | In short , we should be arguing for a third zero within NATO . |
| 15 | If they ca n't commit to high rates of profit , perhaps they should be working for a second-rate firm which plays budgetary games . |
| 16 | There are , however , some men who assume that a single mother must be looking for a husband . |
| 17 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 18 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 19 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |
| 20 | ‘ That must be upsetting for the innkeepers . ’ |
| 21 | I think Tod must be hankering for the old house , over to Wellport , because that 's where most of our trips end up . |
| 22 | You must be dying for a drink . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I guess these folk must be dying for a cool drink and some cookies , right ? ’ |
| 24 | Er , I 've seen other papers where there is a hint that we might be looking for a contribution , er , out of the general budget , er , of that difference , that two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 25 | So we might be looking for an ornamental dagger , then ? ’ |
| 26 | It was suggested that the caravan dwellers might be hoping for a house on the new Greenstiles development , but Medstead housing group chairman , David Winter , felt it unlikely . |
| 27 | Among East Anglian property pundits , alarm over what Mr Lamont might be planning for the region 's property market turned to relief as it became clear he had no major upsets in store . |
| 28 | Jacob , increasingly since he commenced going to university , might be missing for the rest of the day ; Joshua , particularly in the summer , would go out for long walks in the country , following , he said , the course of some meshuggeneh game in which young men threw an iron ball along the road and ran after it — could there be such a game ? |
| 29 | Speedie explained later : ‘ When the fan ran on I thought he might be going for the referee , so I tried to intervene . |
| 30 | It , er , it might have been a little awkward for me — meeting someone who might … might be waiting for a bus , or a taxi . ’ |