Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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1 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
2 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
3 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
4 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
5 | He is looking for any ambiguous opportunity to take his gun and do the worst . |
6 | He is calling for more funds to reduce waiting lists . |
7 | ‘ He is searching for another refugee . |
8 | The athlete statues of Polykleitos , later in the century , might well stem from this tradition , and he is claimed for both cities . |
9 | Mr , you you 've er commented upon Mr 's objection that he made himself , but of course there are he is appearing for many others , |
10 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
11 | And of course , he 's searching for these chemicals because he believes they will make him well again . |
12 | " He 's arranged for some of his men to come along — it 's very heavy , you know — and he wondered whether you want it moved upstairs or downstairs . " |
13 | He 's calling for more street demonstrations when the Queen arrives in Nicosia tomorrow . |
14 | he 's waiting for that |
15 | Now he 's advertising for another Girl Friday to share the sun , sea and sand with him . |
16 | Erm Gillam , he 's working for some er publishers in London . |
17 | It means Jim Courier retains the pole position he 's held for all but 12 weeks of 1992 . |
18 | Let's see if he does , he comes Chapel now , to bowl to him and he hoicks that away on that leg side , that 's the area you 're gon na try and hit it , that 's four runs , anywhere near it , so making intentions plain , he 's going for that leg side boundary , that was a real power shot , hit with a spin , this is exactly the way he played at Hove , he got away with it there , he moves on to twelve , I think there 's going to be a field change as a result of that and quite rightly so . |
19 | so he 's going for some more tests next week . |
20 | One of the country 's leading experts on the secret services says the evidence confirms what he 's known for some time . |
21 | Now he 's set for another huge windfall from his topselling solo album . |