Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He is looking for any ambiguous opportunity to take his gun and do the worst . |
| 5 | He is calling for more funds to reduce waiting lists . |
| 6 | ‘ He is searching for another refugee . |
| 7 | 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 , |
| 8 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 9 | And of course , he 's searching for these chemicals because he believes they will make him well again . |
| 10 | He 's calling for more street demonstrations when the Queen arrives in Nicosia tomorrow . |
| 11 | he 's waiting for that |
| 12 | Now he 's advertising for another Girl Friday to share the sun , sea and sand with him . |
| 13 | Erm Gillam , he 's working for some er publishers in London . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | so he 's going for some more tests next week . |
| 16 | When I left , he was calling for more beer . |
| 17 | I do n't know when he , when he was looking for that old chap , I think one of the girls threw something at him hit him in the eye . |
| 18 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |
| 19 | He was speaking for some time and when he had finished he turned to his wife . |
| 20 | The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 . |
| 21 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |
| 22 | If he was suing for less than 20s in 1830 he left a deposit of 5s ; 7s 6d for one between 20s and 40s ; 10s between 40s and 60s , and 12s 6d for 60s . |
| 23 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 24 | He said he was coming for some gnocchi tonight . |
| 25 | ‘ Did he say anything about where he was going for this meeting ? ’ |