Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been working for a long time ? |
| 2 | I think he were going for a , a month , a month and a half summat like that , and he said it were out of this world . |
| 3 | He is looking for a partner to retain the pub as a viable business . |
| 4 | Understandably , he is looking for a place where he can not be reached , A Retreat where he can enjoy an unearned or undeserved equilibrium . |
| 5 | He is looking for a contact in each region who he can ring monthly to find out what 's happening in the Community Care field that would be of particular interest to the Voluntary sector e.g. contracts , consultations etc . |
| 6 | Maybe he is looking for a knife he can grab . |
| 7 | He is looking for a goalkeeper , centre-back , midfielder and striker . |
| 8 | Manager Bryan Hamilton , who offered the 21-year-old Londoner the opportunity , said : ‘ He is looking for a change of direction while his athletics career is on hold and we are giving him the chance to prove his worth as a footballer . ’ |
| 9 | He is speaking for a Government which has been in power so long that it believes it has a God-given right to govern and denies anyone the right to criticise . |
| 10 | At least by implication he is calling for a social market economy . |
| 11 | Has he been taking lessons from the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) in arm movements , or perhaps he is auditioning for a part in ’ Thunderbirds ’ ? |
| 12 | At the very least , he is hoping for a stay of execution to keep the project rolling — and jobs safe — for at least a year . |
| 13 | But Rosenthal will not be rushed into a transfer and I believe he is hoping for a cross-Channel move . |
| 14 | As soon as he sets foot on the elaborate stairway which rises three floors from the dark hall , itself leading off a gloomy cobbled courtyard , he has the feeling that he is leaving for a blessed hour or two his insubstantial world . |
| 15 | Dean Bell will captain his side , Wigan , against his country , New Zealand , on Sunday , knowing he is playing for a Test place . |
| 16 | He is running for a place on its ruling council in the forthcoming elections . |
| 17 | Sect leader David Koresh , who claims he is Jesus Christ , has told negotiators he is waiting for a ‘ message from God ’ before deciding what to do next . |
| 18 | Throughout this turn , he is waiting for a favourable reaction from the two footballers and , in significant contrast to his argument with Hollar , adopts a much less formal register in order not to alienate them . |
| 19 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 20 | By the end , with an extended sermon on the emptiness of individualist ethics , he is pleading for a return to the benevolence in public affairs which Thatcher can not supply by nature of having been denied her mother 's breast , given the wrong sort of potty training , etc . |
| 21 | Now he 's hoping for a winter tour , so he can emulate the achievement of his brother-in-law Andy Pick . |
| 22 | He 's hoping for a bright future . |
| 23 | He knows that he 's looking for a one-way result . |
| 24 | You 're in the nearside lane and you 're going uphill and er you 're trunking away quite nicely , you see a guy coming down in the fast lane , down the hill getting a bit of a roll on , fully laden , and he gets halfway up the hill , he runs out of steam and he 's looking for a hole to get into . |
| 25 | , he 's gone down , he 's looking for a penalty and it 's been given , the referee consulted the linesman , he looked at his nearside , it was who went in or was it Chris on David , the penalty award has been given by the referee , he looked to confirm it with the linesman on the nearside and that confirmation was all that he had needed to point to the spot . |
| 26 | The Divisional Officer for the N U R , covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , Phil McGarry says he 's looking for a fair deal : |
| 27 | He 's trying for a shot there again . |
| 28 | That 's six million pounds he 's getting for a year ! ’ |
| 29 | But Bingham has hinted recently that he 's pushing for a ‘ younger , more mobile midfield ’ — and that will certainly be needed against the run-all-day Republic quartet of Townsend , Keane , Houghton and Staunton . |
| 30 | He 's calling for a change in direction to kick start the economy . |