Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are speaking up for themselves and expecting , rightly , that they will be listened to by staff and that their opinions will have the same validity as those of the next person . |
| 2 | Coun Williams retorted : ‘ The fact that they are looking around for someone to blame is proof they really do n't want to do it . ’ |
| 3 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 4 | Many of them enjoyed their work experience in Picardy so much they are going back for more in their summer holidays . |
| 5 | THEY are crying out for lessons in love . |
| 6 | There is an immense feeling of anger among ordinary members of the public at the extent to which they are inconvenienced , and they are crying out for something to be done . |
| 7 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 8 | ‘ And what kind of dybbuk informs their victim that they 're slipping out for a little coffee-break or whatever ? ’ |
| 9 | It 's very good good erm good thing for the party and they 're usually quite starved of practical campaigning ideas and so we regularly try every at least every year to go and do a tour and erm we 've been giving them we we 're trying to rope them in on the various activities because they 're crying out for |
| 10 | They may not always get what they want , but at least they 're standing up for them and actually feel good about themselves afterwards because . |
| 11 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 12 | And they 're not coming back for their education ; they 're coming back for the support that Arbour gives them , so they may spend more time with Monica in the nursery looking after the baby and gradually they 'll move back into the classroom in their own time and get back to their exams . |
| 13 | Look , they 're coming out for play time . |
| 14 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |
| 15 | They 're going in for papers Wednesday . |
| 16 | It 's gon na cost me a fair bit to get lines to the house I want so I 've got , er I , the problem is with , as dad was saying this morning , the majority of people when they 're starting their business they go to the wall because oh they 're going in for the , oh it 's gon na be a quick sale |
| 17 | And we really need two men out there , but I ca n't ask more of them than they 're doing ; they 're making up for one short as it is . |
| 18 | I think the guys snigger because they 're covering up for their embarrassment that 's |
| 19 | Unless they 're covering up for her , none of them have seen her . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’ |
| 21 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 22 | ‘ But when I came in they were clearly not ready and they were running around for tyres . |
| 23 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 24 | She and Hattie said they were coming around for a cup of tea . |
| 25 | It was less bad than the one before , but I could n't tell if they were dying down for good or if this were the prelude to something else . |
| 26 | When she had told Mr Evans , he had gone very quiet ; and then , just as they were going up for their bath , he suggested the picnic . |
| 27 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 28 | They understood what they were going in for . |
| 29 | They were going out for a west end meal in the evening . |
| 30 | so we started to look for something and I wanted a bungalow , I did n't want to house again , just the two bedrooms I thought would be nice , so what we did we found this bu er this bungalow in er out of Crewe in Haslington and er we put up our house for sale , it cost seventeen thousand , five hundred and this bungalow we bought seventeen thousand , six hundred and fifty , so all I had to add was one hundred and sixty pounds , to sell the house , but the house needed change all the windows to put all the windows and the doors because they were all rotting in , you know , because the houses built er before the second world war and er what we did we put up the and in three months ' time , it in three months ' time my house went and we were moved , in September we started to sell , in January we 'd been living in the , in the new bungalow and then about three years later they built a row of bungalows on the other side where there should , should of been , they kept the land , it should of been shops , but then they changed their minds , they did , they did n't build the shops , but they built all these bungalows again on the other side , you 've been to my home , yeah , so the road that , over the road these bungalows were about three years later than ours and they were going down for thirty two thousand pound , and I bought mine for seventeen thousand seven sixty at six fifty , yeah |