Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 2 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 3 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 4 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 5 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 6 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 7 | It 's gon na cost me a fair bit to get lines to the house I want so I 've got , er I , the problem is with , as dad was saying this morning , the majority of people when they 're starting their business they go to the wall because oh they 're going in for the , oh it 's gon na be a quick sale |
| 8 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 9 | Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ? |
| 10 | These friends from up north are coming for the weekend , so we 're going out for the weekend |
| 11 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |
| 12 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 13 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 14 | Cos you 're paying actually for the boxes , it says . |
| 15 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 16 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 17 | And they 're not coming back for their education ; they 're coming back for the support that Arbour gives them , so they may spend more time with Monica in the nursery looking after the baby and gradually they 'll move back into the classroom in their own time and get back to their exams . |
| 18 | We 're talking just for the sake of it are n't we ? |
| 19 | Today a majority of those travelling south over the Gotthard are heading either for the popular lakeside resorts of the Ticino , or beyond that into Italy . |
| 20 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 21 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 22 | Plans are going ahead for the proposed course — arrival on the Friday 16th May — start 17th May and end 23rd May — departure Saturday 24th May . |
| 23 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 24 | The publicity the film attracted in Cannes followed Nicholson back to America where it was due for New York opening in July which , as Karen Black told me later , was an odd time : ‘ It was a college film and so it goes on release at exactly the same time as the colleges are closing down for the summer and everyone is going home . ’ |
| 25 | At premium prices , the independent papers are opting firmly for the high ground . |
| 26 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 27 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 28 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
| 29 | ‘ But please do n't believe that I 'm pining away for the lack of a man in my life . |
| 30 | I 'm leaving shortly for the Ministry . ’ |