Example sentences of "if they [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police do n't yet know if they 're looking for an IRA gang or just one member acting alone . |
| 2 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 3 | They 've all been very responsible and they seem to have loads of energy and a sense of fun , which is essential if they 're babysitting for my three-year-old during the day . |
| 4 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 5 | If they 're going for a secluded house or a house where there 's plenty of trees and you ca n't see |
| 6 | When you can get choice of them , if they 're going for forty over a piece ! |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the little things that are frustrating , ’ said Jane Olds , ‘ such as not being able to ask if they 're warm , or not understanding if they 're asking for something . ’ |
| 8 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |
| 9 | If they are looking for salvation , he wrote , they will find it . |
| 10 | A My advice would be to telephone around your local salons to ask if they are looking for suitable ‘ house models ’ . |
| 11 | If they are looking for an easy , magical cure — either hypnosis or a special pill — they will be disappointed . |
| 12 | If they are looking for the special therapist to ‘ cure ’ them , then , also they will be disappointed . |
| 13 | ‘ If they are waiting for reinforcements , ’ remarked Osbern of Eu , ‘ they will be in no hurry to fight in any case . |
| 14 | ‘ The work is destroyed already — if they are coming for us . ’ |
| 15 | If they were watching for her , they would n't expect her to travel on the night boat from Liverpool , with a rough sea battering at the B & I ship , while the drunks and the seasick threw up in the smelly lounges . |
| 16 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
| 17 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 18 | If they were wishing for a girl by then , their prayers were answered : Emily Jane was born in Penton Street on 31 May 1857 . |
| 19 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 20 | If they were looking for something they knew where it was . |
| 21 | But if they were looking for something , and it 's that important to them , then it 's possible . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They 'd be on foot if they were looking for you , I think , but perhaps ‘ t would be safer to get behind the counter . |
| 23 | Or if they were going for a day then I might go down and |
| 24 | Squeezed like despondent sardines , they looked as if they were huddling for warmth . |
| 25 | It looked as if they were waiting for somebody , could it be me ? |
| 26 | A waiter came up and after one close look at them asked if they were waiting for Count Felipe de Santis . |
| 27 | No one would object if they were paying for the facilities themselves . |
| 28 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |