Example sentences of "it be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 2 | It 's aiming for deliveries of 1000 copies of V4.2 a month for the first six months from October . |
| 3 | When it gets the parts , DDE claims it will be the first manufacturer to produce a multi-processing system based upon the 50Mhz R4000 — it 's aiming for deliveries by year-end . |
| 4 | Erm once the development er that would have been g going into Selby actually goes into the new settlement then it 's me it 's either meeting the new settlement 's er sorry the the it 's either meeting the goals of Greater York , in which case that 's been taken away from Selby , or it 's substituting for Selby . |
| 5 | Now it 's hoping for a visit from the most powerful man on earth . |
| 6 | I suppose it 's striving for immortality , just being different , making your mark . |
| 7 | What I 'm trying to say is that it 's providing for people already here that I think should be a major item of population policy , and doing it not in a massive world sense , or even a country , but in particular areas as well . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's not a grain of truth in the Smith stories and it 's unsettling for the club , ’ said Wigan chairman Jack Robinson . |
| 9 | It 's unsettling for a girl . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It strikes me it 's searching for something . ’ |
| 11 | The company has formed a new netball team by combining players from LASMO North Sea and LASMO plc and it 's looking for new recruits to boost its current 15-strong membership . |
| 12 | So it 's looking for data files in directory DOS , why would it do that ? |
| 13 | It 's looking for volunteers to help with its annual flag day and street collection in the Greater Belfast area . |
| 14 | Well it 's terrifying for us ! |
| 15 | It 's calling for getting better control over what 's happening in the country . |
| 16 | It 's calling for the two men to be released on bail immediately . |
| 17 | The National Children 's Home says many ca n't even afford basic necessities like food and clothing , It 's calling for immediate government action to help what it calls The Lost Generation |
| 18 | It 's waiting for an accident to happen ! |
| 19 | I can assure you , from some very solid experience , it 's asking for trouble to be obstructive . ’ |
| 20 | In a way , I think it 's asking for trouble … ’ |
| 21 | And if you do n't withdraw it , the C E C is completely and totally opposed to it because we already have what it 's asking for in the rule . |
| 22 | The second point is that the A C C are , are , I think , the second point is that there was a deputation to the Minister yesterday , so if , in a sense it 's a little late unless it was picked up by Mr yesterday , it may be a little late to do something for this year , er , I mean obviously next year is I think going to be the er , important issue , and the A C C has already circulated all Shire counties er , it 's picked up that this has happened to the majority of counties , although again the south east er , has escaped from that , and it 's asking for the sort of figures we 're debating this morning . |
| 23 | Besides , its new paymaster — the Russian leadership — is keen to avoid anything that would embarrass Britain , just when it 's asking for Western aid . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's asking for trouble when people are being turfed out into the street and have paid to come to a club until 2am . |
| 25 | ‘ But I think that it 's asking for trouble to let the bookies open so late . |
| 26 | I know it 's harrowing for you , but think hard . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's coming for you , Sheikh ! ’ shouted Mafouz . |
| 28 | I wonder what time what they call it 's coming for that ? |
| 29 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 30 | It 's heading for the coast , taking scum like you back where you came from . ’ |