Example sentences of "he 's [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why all of them if he 's searching for one slave ? ’ |
| 2 | And of course , he 's searching for these chemicals because he believes they will make him well again . |
| 3 | Charles Pollard says soft sentencing is letting criminals get off lightly , and he 's calling for urgent reform of the criminal justice system . |
| 4 | He 's calling for more street demonstrations when the Queen arrives in Nicosia tomorrow . |
| 5 | he 's waiting for that |
| 6 | Now he 's advertising for another Girl Friday to share the sun , sea and sand with him . |
| 7 | Erm Gillam , he 's working for some er publishers in London . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | so he 's going for some more tests next week . |
| 10 | Our Dave 's coming for us , he ca n't have all that time off , he 's coming for three weeks in er |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , he 's breathing for sure , ’ Denis laughed . |