Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are pitching for an account , appearing on television or radio , making a significant speech , always have a company Gofer with you . |
| 2 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 3 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 4 | Times may be hard in those places , but note how few people are clamouring for a return to the let's-stay-poor-together socialism of the past . |
| 5 | Only six weeks after making their solemn covenant-pledge with God the people are clamouring for a replica of the old gods of Egypt . |
| 6 | If the seller knows the number of companies who are competing for the order , their likely stances , the criteria used by the buying organisation when deciding between them , the degree of pressure on key members of the decision making unit , and any formula they might use for assessing price acceptability , an accurate assessment of the power balance should be possible . |
| 7 | At least six types of microfloppy , as the discs are called , of varying size and format are competing for the market . |
| 8 | Six countries — Thailand , India Pakistan , Cuba Italy and Belgium — are competing for the site of the $50 million research programme . |
| 9 | I am allowing for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn . |
| 10 | We are struggling for a terminal at which trains can come in from all parts of the country , at which there can be an interchange for the continent and at which people can move on relatively quickly . |
| 11 | Bello Bouba said that he was returning to join his " fellow countrymen who are struggling for the institution of a real democracy " . |
| 12 | " It 's been raining for a week . " |
| 13 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 14 | What I am suggesting for an understanding of the workings of television generic fiction and its associated forms of subjectivity ( or , indeed , of narrative cinema and its subjectivity ) , is that it may be more fruitful if we approach it as an historical development of the complex , theoretical genre of novelistic discourse rather than as a collection of autonomous elementary , historical genres . |
| 15 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 16 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 17 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 18 | Nostalgia buffs are gathering for an auction of items which most would have thrown away a few years ago . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 20 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 21 | She has been walking for an hour a day for more than a year , but very slowly . |
| 22 | I am , at present I am applying for a job on the |
| 23 | I am applying for the post of … |
| 24 | I 've been lurking for a couple of months now and I had a couple thoughts : |
| 25 | Q. When you are bidding for a contract , what gives you the edge over competitors ? |
| 26 | Su Ragazzi , who are bidding for a league and cup double , beat Jets in straight sets in Sewell 's second game in charge earlier this season but defeated them in the return in Edinburgh . |
| 27 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 28 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 29 | Sighing , Tim 's father said the family knew the country had been praying for the 12-year-old . |
| 30 | Group Two rivals Holland entertain leaders Norway , and England are praying for a Scandinavian win to increase their chances of making the World Cup finals . |