Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
2 | Where it has n't , the farmers are using generally for storage areas , that sort of thing a and access . |
3 | Millions of people have already discovered the magic of walking and are walking regularly for fitness , slimness and health . |
4 | Further growth of the market is anticipated , perhaps by 30pc again next year , and many of the big players are gearing up for expansion . |
5 | Yes , the hindquarter double-muscled trait is important and is the breed 's main attribute , but we 've been looking too for stock with good overall conformation , with loin and fleshing that we feel is vital to any successful terminal sire breed . |
6 | James Beggs , has been lobbying hard for money to build a fifth Shuttle-orbiter , and the academy 's assessment could help loosen the purse strings at the white House . |
7 | except then if you 're writing off for money to places like Telecom and it 's a national logo |
8 | I want my er if you 're going back for dinner , I want my camera and my film . |
9 | Monday we 're going out for dinner . |
10 | Oh they 're coming here for Christmas . |
11 | Look , they 're coming out for play time . |
12 | But they 're gone , and you 're scrabbling around for work . |
13 | Which is fair enough because one of the things I mentioned about the benefits of er or the things we should try to achieve in retirement or secure in retirement , is that if you 've had a challenge in life whilst you 're working then for goodness sake do n't drop it when you retire . |
14 | When you 're clearing up for lunch look out the window it 's the enclosed garden . |
15 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
16 | The private possessions of Robert Maxwell are going up for auction . |
17 | Hers is perhaps a 30 year plan , a code that will keep her name in neon until her teenage fans are getting on for grandparenthood and Madonna is another has-been . |
18 | However , these youngsters are striving not for speed , but technical excellence . |
19 | Thousands of firms are closing down for Christmas , according to the survey by Income Data Services . |
20 | We are doing more for training than any previous Government and the Labour party is in no position to lecture us on that subject . |
21 | Home Office minister David Mellor says the fact that the official figure is starting to catch up shows that more people are coming forward for help . |
22 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
23 | ‘ This is a girl who has been crying out for help , ’ one aide said . |
24 | While teachers are underpaid , schools are crying out for repair and children for books , Ministers ' standard answer is to say , ’ You ca n't solve problems by throwing money at them . ’ |
25 | I like to think my name will be hanging there for prosperity . |
26 | This sign announced that The Victorian Fitted Kitchen Company would soon be opening there for business . |
27 | ‘ Better hurry , or they 'll soon be knocking off for lunch . ’ |
28 | The client would usually be looking secretly for guidance , and would be likely not just to sell out of his Rolls Royce shares , but to reinvest his original £500 with any profit , plus say £1,000 further capital in the stock proposed . |
29 | ‘ And if I could make one more suggestion — if I ask to see you at ten in the morning , and you wander in at ten-thirty , you will be looking elsewhere for employment . |
30 | And I take it the police still have his case more or less open , and will be looking out for news of him , in case there 's something more in it . |