Example sentences of "no [indef pn] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.

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1 He must , as Ardener demonstrates , seek to sow ‘ semantic grain and grow theoretical crystals ’ which he may well appreciate no one is asking for .
2 At that stage in his career no one was looking for a hit-machine : the longer heads realised that it was a difficult job to scale the face of Broadway — as it was in the West End — with so few footholds and even fewer helping ropes dangling down to give you a lift .
3 ‘ If there was , it escaped notice , ’ said Owen , ‘ and no one was looking for such signs , well it might pass them by .
4 No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years .
5 No one was hunting for Randolph Henry Ash , after all .
6 ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them .
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