Example sentences of "and be [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Heseltine and Michael Howard , the environment secretary , have both written to their German opposite numbers , and are waiting for the Germans to react . |
| 3 | They contain endlessly frustrated plantation slaves who are rebellious at assessments and in encounters with professionals , but whose views only reach daylight in fragmented and unvalidated form ; and they contain house slaves who agree with everything that goes on and use ‘ massa 's ’ language and concepts , but who believe something else all the time and are waiting for the day . |
| 4 | If you like night life and are heading for the Far East , do n't go to Japan . |
| 5 | The babies had fifteen consecutive days with no ‘ accidents ’ and were reaching for the potty followed by elimination 80 per cent of the time . |
| 6 | The bulldozers had turned round now and were heading for the bridge . |
| 7 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |
| 8 | They had poured out of the back room in an interval of the singing and were fighting for the bar with empty glasses , when Mallachy dug Rory sharply in the side . |
| 9 | But when they reached the dock and were waiting for the boat to carry them to the camp , Seth snatched the van 's keys , nearly breaking two of Suzy 's fingers in the struggle . |
| 10 | Griffin is hoping to run in the London Marathon and is aiming for the Olympic marathon in Barcelona . |
| 11 | He will leave his Neasham Road , Darlington practise for three months and is paying for the trip himself and funding a locum doctor when he is away . |
| 12 | Coun Graham Morris , who represents Murton on Easington District Council , claims too many companies change their original schemes once they have got planning permission and is pressing for the matter to be brought to the attention of the Department of the Environment . |
| 13 | But while they were out in the garden during the afternoon they began talking to the man next door who had a motorbike and was leaving for the City on it at seven . |
| 14 | The Party had supported Labour candidates and was calling for the return of a Labour Government . |
| 15 | Ricard agreed and was searching for the key on the ring of his belt when we heard the sound of horses and men shouting . |
| 16 | It dawned on him that this was precisely the wrong thing to say , but Hrun had already pushed Twoflower away and was reaching for the Luggage … |
| 17 | I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ‘ 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp/processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . |
| 18 | She had got off the boat and was looking for the way out . |
| 19 | No doubt he had observed her talking to the Shergolds and was itching for the chance to find out what she knew . |
| 20 | ONCE a car to aspire to , Buick lost its lustre and was heading for the scrapheap . |
| 21 | But I 'd closed the car door by then and was heading for the deli . |
| 22 | FRANCE 'S conservative op-position routed the ruling Socialist Party in yesterday 's first round of the general election and was heading for the biggest landslide victory this century . |
| 23 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 24 | The other had turned and was waiting for the Genoese , standing off on the landward side with her crossbowmen and hackbutters lining her port rail , fore and aft . |
| 25 | Reid said : ‘ My man went into the tackle and was going for the ball . |