Example sentences of "and [pron] 're [v-ing] for " in BNC.

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1 well that would make your twenty would n't it because if you have four speakers and you 're aiming for sixteen punters
2 After you 've swapped your pounds for punts , and you 're looking for a bed to rest your jet-lagged body try Isaac 's , a comfortable hotel in Frenchman 's Lane .
3 if you 're the only one in house he follows you and you 're looking for him and every time you 're moving around he 's moving around behind you so you ca n't find him .
4 But if you have to choose one market and you 're producing for or looking to sell to TV , then MIP-TV is probably the better place .
5 And all the way through the film these things were happening and you 're waiting for the thrilling resolution .
6 Choose the strong dog in a pack , then fail to discipline it properly , and you 're asking for trouble .
7 If there is to be a major publicity launch of some kind , or you 're going to have , if you 've got an advert in some magazine , journal , newspaper or whatever , and you 're asking for people to call in , please let the switchboard know who to put the calls through to , and what it 's likely to be about .
8 But because when you got the , you think you got the heating on and you 're paying for the heating , and you open the windows .
9 I 'm in a band and we 're looking for a gig .
10 And we 're looking for two couples , er it need n't be husband and wife particularly , although it 'll be er very nice if it is , but it can be mother and daughter , father and son , any combination you like really .
11 And we 're looking for two couples , four people , two couples , to travel with us , and to find out er , how you will be able to travel , and what you have to do when you get there , stay tuned for the Dougie Down Under Competition , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline .
12 We 'll be bringing the show to you live from Sydney , Australia , at the end of January , to mark Australia Day , and we 're looking for two couples , they can be husband and wife , mother and daughter , father and son , any combination you like , even a couple of friends , we 're looking for two couples to come to Australia with the show , and to act as roving reporters .
13 But in the main we are looking for er somewhere in the region of er hundred and eighty pounds per per per deal and we 're looking for one of those a day average .
14 And we 're looking for parcels , quality traffic being I 'll do the talking today
15 Welcoming the deal , general manager said : ‘ This is our first programme in aircraft seats and we 're looking for more of the same sort of business .
16 Certainly we 're concerned that someone may be going around educational establishments and we 're appealing for anyone else who may have seen this man to get in touch with us .
17 We 've got a ladies luncheon in Glasgow for four hundred and the organiser , Ruth the chair of Glasgow branch , is being helped by two ladies from the business community erm Linda from the BAFTA award and Tessa who has her own marketing company , so we 're hoping to sort of pull in a lot of people from that erm Judy the chair of Scottish council , is yet again holding her Charlotte Square ball erm , this was very , very successful two years ago , I think you know erm and we 're hoping for the same success erm , we are very lucky that the Royal Highland Show has chosen us to be er the charity this year for the gala preview of the show erm this is er for three hundred people , a champagne reception erm sponsored by the Bank of Scotland , so that you go and see the flowers before the show opens the next day .
18 Gayle said : ‘ We 've hired rooms in a real castle and we 're hoping for snow . ’
19 Now it 's got the three and we 're batting for each other , you know playing on the same side .
20 We feel this er this will hamper economic development in the district , it 'll prevent us er achieving the proposals set out in er in our local plan and we 're asking for thirty five hectares , an increase of ten hectares only .
21 We 're asking for er communication back with the ship and we 're asking for some straightforward answers from them .
22 ‘ Only one English side goes through from our group and we 're going for it .
23 And we 're going for three hundred this year .
24 Oh wanted a word with you see how much money you 've been putting in my , and we 're going for a mortgage now .
25 There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process .
26 Erm and , anyway , on the health and safety contractors on site thing Stuart has actually read the documentation and he 's quite happy with it , and we 're waiting for you and Martin to feed back as well on it .
27 Tracy wants a pair of boots and we 're waiting for the sales .
28 and they 're appealing for information .
29 Police have launched an investigation and they 're appealing for witnesses .
30 Police have launched an investigation and they 're appealing for witnesses .
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