Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 2 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 3 | In a sense Lecercle ( whose own name doubtless encouraged him to consider the surplus meanings language provides ) is sticking up for parole , the language as she is spoke ( or written ) . |
| 4 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 5 | It is gearing up for its second consecutive presidential election in November , with candidates ranging from far right to soft left , and front-runners representing the centre . |
| 6 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 7 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 8 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 9 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 10 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 12 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 13 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 14 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 15 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 16 | Finally , he is looking out for support material for Christian detached youth workers . |
| 17 | His son Stephen , who made his campaign debut at Labour 's London reception yesterday , is boning up for his finals next month . |
| 18 | A spokesperson for the gallery told The Art Newspaper that Assistant curator Marla Prather is filling in for Ms Rosenthal , but the former positions of Messrs Cowart and Moffett remain unfilled . |
| 19 | Wesley is turning out for a ‘ beat the keeper ’ sideshow at a garden fete organised by Holy Trinity church on Belfast 's Ballysillan Road ( 10.30am ) . |
| 20 | THE on-going ferry price war is paying off for P&O who today claimed a massive 96pc rise in tourist vehicle trade on its Larne-Cairnryan route . |
| 21 | WORK in the community is paying off for dedicated staff at Corporation Road Baptist Church in Darlington . |
| 22 | Another slice of the Maxwell empire is going up for sale . |
| 23 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 24 | In the West End there seems at the moment a tendency to rely too much on the goodwill of actors which is often accompanied by a failure to maintain a true interest in what is going on for the actor . |
| 25 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 26 | It was the Friday after the twelfth was always the gatheri Glen Ayloch gathering and is yet , and is going on for a hundred and s something year a hundred and What did I we say a hundred and twenty years since it was started I think . |
| 27 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 28 | And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’ |
| 29 | And the Isle of Ely college is going out for a meal , so that wo n't be back , so he ca n't have that one , so we have n't got one ! |
| 30 | ‘ We only wanted athletes of distinction and no one is going along for the trip , ’ Murray said . |