Example sentences of "people [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are looking for tastier beef and that comes from the Hereford cattle . |
| 2 | I find many people are looking for serviceable fabrics and colours they will not tire from quickly . |
| 3 | THE Property Exchange , a new company publishing a national directory of people who want to swap homes rather than sell them ( if the properties have different values , one party pays the other the difference ) says that so far most people are looking for smaller homes . |
| 4 | I know people are looking for another upset here because Sutton are a decent team , but we 're not bad ourselves . ’ |
| 5 | It says around 300 people are waiting for such accommodation equivalent to ten new schemes . |
| 6 | With the uncertainty about oil prices and the expense of both gas and electricity , many people are opting for wood-burning stoves These have long been a favourite in Northern Europe and America , and they can be amazingly efficient in heating most of the house , quite apart from being decorative . |
| 7 | And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ? |
| 8 | Despite the reported ‘ need to hear the voice of the Führer again ’ , Hitler 's traditional speech on 30 January 1942 , the anniversary of the ‘ seizure of power ’ , left some feelings of disappointment , since people were looking for comforting or encouraging words about the state of the war in the east and not for just another stereotype repetition of the Nazi Party 's glorious history . |
| 9 | Looking back over the Birthday Scheme Register , there are gaps in some people 's giving for some months . |