Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a special [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the Imperial Fists scrutinised transcripts of trials and criminal records involving youngsters , hunting for a special blend of ingenuity , daring , will power — quite often suitable candidates had already been executed by the time the Fists learned of their existence , now cut short by poison gas or explosive bullet . |
| 2 | Howard had , after a quick tour of the TARDIS , retired to his office with a brandy bottle he had been saving for a special occasion . |
| 3 | I moved to a different phase and involved myself in witch-like pursuits , looking for a special spell ( they had already told me what it was to be ) . |
| 4 | Or he may be looking for a particular foodplant , or flower for nectar , searching for a special smell or a particular electromagnetic emission . |
| 5 | If you intend tackling long trips in remote places , searching for a special fuel or type of gas cartridge can be a fruitless exercise . |
| 6 | I was , I was off on , on Sunday , I mean I 've joined yet another marriage agency , off on last Sunday to Latherham , with another nice old chap , you know , erm , I , I go out with erm , women friends , we , I 've arranged , er there 's one very , very good place that does lunches , run by a couple of homosexuals and erm , old age pensioners on Tuesday get , get a lunch , an eight pound lunch , for four pounds , so four friends , three friends and myself are going for a special Christmas lunch that they do , fortnight ago we went for a lunch with the group of the town 's women 's guild and friends , erm , my women 's group that I belong to over at the village of which is run by the television actress er Helen Fraser |
| 7 | At the TUC of September 1899 , the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants moved a resolution calling for a special conference to discuss the representation of the working man in Parliament . |
| 8 | As they sat down one BOR retaliated by asking for a special item from the Baptist villagers . |
| 9 | My hon. Friends and I feel justified in asking for a special debate to call attention to the ridiculous fact that , at Humberstone , which is part of the EDDR route , a mile of new road costing £1.5 million has stood finished and unopened for over a year , while the county and city councils argue about a proposed route by the side of the clinic on Scraptoft lane through a recreation area which happens to be owned by the city council . |
| 10 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 11 | Train enthusiast David Scott who lives in Seaton Carew , near Hartlepool , is preparing for a special journey … to Hell and back . |
| 12 | They are now preparing for a special anniversary concert in the Crypt Concert Room at the cathedral on November 14 . |
| 13 | As I oversee the finishing touches of this Christmas issue of Pipeline , I am also preparing for a special production of my own ! |
| 14 | Lucenzo was smiling for a special reason , though she was darned if she knew why . |