Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great majority of them are looking for the theatre of books , and it is not there . |
| 2 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 3 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 4 | All three of them are looking for work in large towns . |
| 5 | Many of them are farming for little more than the subsidies . |
| 6 | Let me tell you about the Barking women most of them are dead , some of them are working for local authority . |
| 7 | What had they been looking for ? |
| 8 | As they go to the polls the voters know what package of compromises they are voting for . |
| 9 | natural and I 'm and I never was , but I like to know what I 'm voting for and I like to tell the people who I 'm responsible for what they are voting for . |
| 10 | They are overcharging for fitting childrens ' safety seats . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now they are searching for the fourth sister Pamela , who walked out at the age of 15 after a row with her father . |
| 13 | They are searching for passengers who made the first ever trip with them to Jersey 40 years ago . |
| 14 | They are searching for passengers who made the first ever trip with them to Jersey 40 years ago . |
| 15 | Whilst they are searching for the relevant information , their inventories of unsold goods will start to build up . |
| 16 | Only among the over-75s are men more likely to be caring than women ( 10 per cent compared with 6 per cent ) , mainly because of the care they are providing for a disabled spouse ( Evandron , 1990 , pp. 6–7 ) . |
| 17 | Schedules are handy reference points , ways of showing clients what they are getting for their money , and the bases on which the media people actually go out to buy time and space . |
| 18 | Our pest control customers are now being provided with considerable detail about what they are getting for their money , which is quite right and proper . |
| 19 | Now they are aiming for a new lease of life and further development . |
| 20 | But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it will be harder because Plymouth will work their socks off they are struggling for points and will be totally committed to getting a result . |
| 22 | A new bill , which will become law in October , will close a legal loophole which allows unscrupulous badger diggers to avoid prosecution by claiming they are digging for foxes . |
| 23 | Therefore , the rising levels of unemployment are a direct consequence of what those firms are experiencing , not what they are hoping for . |
| 24 | They are appealing for anyone who saw anything unusual in the area between 9pm last Thursday night and 12.30am the following morning to contact them . |
| 25 | They are appealing for aid from the Home Office , Cheshire County Council and Chester city council . |
| 26 | Now they are appealing for anyone to hold fund-raising events to boost the coffers . |
| 27 | Now they are appealing for anyone to hold fund-raising events to boost the coffers . |
| 28 | Rare , even bizarre , circumstances aside , it never profits a monopolist to do more when customers are signaling for less , or less when they are signaling for more ’ . |
| 29 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 30 | In addition , tax breaks are promised for enterprises owned by artists ' unions and associations as long as they are operating for their prescribed purpose . |