Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the completion of the acquisition of Framlington 's private client fund management business in January and the recruitment of five new investment managers in Liverpool , he is looking for increased investment revenues in this year . |
| 2 | He is calling for good conditions for traders at the new pitches in Tarleton Street , Williamson Square and Paradise Street . |
| 3 | NICKY MASON , ranked No.5 , showed during England 's outstanding 5-1 victory over the Soviet Union at Worthing on Thursday night that he is pushing for regular inclusion in the England team . |
| 4 | He is pushing for initial funding of $A5 million rising to $A15 million in three years . |
| 5 | He is aiming for full employment by Keynesian means , redistribution of wealth through jobs , not taxes . |
| 6 | Lenders to the bidder who require the target and its subsidiaries to provide authorised financial assistance under CA 1985 , s155 ( see para 22.1.7 below ) , without the prospect of minority opposition , may prefer a Court Scheme for this reason , as may the bidder if he is paying for costly bridging finance in the interim . |
| 7 | He is applying for judicial review of a decision by the council 's professional conduct committee to prefer the less serious charge of breach of proper professional standards , which leads to an admonition . |
| 8 | Charles Pollard says soft sentencing is letting criminals get off lightly , and he 's calling for urgent reform of the criminal justice system . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , he 's breathing for sure , ’ Denis laughed . |
| 10 | He was sprinting for dear life across a carrot patch and doing quite well until one of the pieces caught up with him . |
| 11 | He was looking for female voices , he remembered Jakki , invited her to submit some tapes and — presto ! — she was offered a job in The Smoke . |
| 12 | Was the vicious rumour that he had turned up late after a liquid lunch and did n't know what he was voting for true ? |
| 13 | I always felt that he was never really happy with his performance of La Mer ; he was searching for certain textures which he could never really get in hand . |
| 14 | A little man , ‘ looking like a smart French doctor ’ , he was searching for hidden treasure . |
| 15 | Sigua said that he was hoping for economic aid and credits from the USA and Iran and for bilateral trade agreements with Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries to relieve the situation . |
| 16 | This time last year he was caring for injured animals in his back garden in Aylesbury . |
| 17 | She met her husband when he was working for British Steel in Czechoslovakia . |