Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 2 | Some 80 local table tennis players will be competing for 13 main titles . |
| 3 | Tim Curtis is not afraid to leave out seamers — but it still looks as if Illingworth and Stemp will mostly be competing for one place . |
| 4 | Now the rag I should be using for this is the very dirty one and I 've started off with the clean one by accident . |
| 5 | Bureaucrats , members of the royal family , intellectuals of various persuasions , city dwellers and the peasantry all seemed to be pressing for radical changes in the structure of the Russian polity . |
| 6 | It could also prove too great a hurdle for Mr Gould , a well-known Euro-sceptic , who made clear that he would be pressing for Labour to rethink its economic policy and to advocate realignment of the pound within the European exchange rate mechanism to enable it to put forward more positive policies on industry and employment . |
| 7 | London East TEC is obviously not getting everything that it would like , and the hon. Member for Newham , North-East and I will be pressing for more spending to cure the ills of unemployment in our area . |
| 8 | It adds , it will be absorbing for all those with a general interest in the subject . |
| 9 | it is n't an indication that they 're going to be applying for any other jobs that come up . |
| 10 | There are a lot of people after them , so I doubt if Zarina or her friend will be returning for some time . ’ |
| 11 | ANY OF THESE MIGHT BE HAPPENING FOR OTHER REASONS . |
| 12 | His walk began at Passo Della Cisa , north of La Spezia , and he expects to be walking for six weeks or more . |
| 13 | ‘ He wo n't be dying for all of us . |
| 14 | Inside there would be seating for 2,000 . |
| 15 | ‘ We are building a team at Hillsborough which will be challenging for all the honours in the game . |
| 16 | Indeed , many reckon that Bell will be pushing for senior inter-provincial honours this season . |
| 17 | If the tenant accepts that the property may be redeveloped he will probably wish to be looking for alternative accommodation sooner rather than later , and he will wish to move in and terminate his liability under his existing lease as soon as he finds it . |
| 18 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 19 | I mean let's be honest if we all turned out that 's five and if the rest of the Executive Committee turned out that would virtually take it up to ten we would n't be looking for many more after that |
| 20 | We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites . |
| 21 | These hoops can be jumped through quickly if all parties cooperate , but the point is that some potential candidates for the 1990 Edinburgh course will already be looking for possible courses early in 1989 . |
| 22 | A SMALL village business , which is to shortly celebrate its first birthday , has been so successful it could soon be looking for bigger premises . |
| 23 | Dogs must be seven years old or over and we 'll be looking for good health and condition as well as stunning good looks . |
| 24 | If I was spending £500-ish on amplification , I 'd be looking for good second-hand gear , and there 's loads of that about . |
| 25 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 26 | We have a sneaking suspicion IBM Corp will be looking for outside investors for many of its new business units , maybe the new Power Parallel and Power RISC Systems ventures . |
| 27 | Once again in 1985 we will be looking for four new members to join the Executive Committee to replace Pat Keen ( retiring ) , Doreen Prescott ( retiring ) , Pauline Kenward ( now Vice-Chairman ) and Joan Daniels , who took office as Honorary Treasurer in May . |
| 28 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 29 | As we come out of the recession , retailers will be looking for new merchandise to attract people into their stores , ’ says Gledhill . |
| 30 | What you 're looking in any formula say from a carbon compound you would be looking for that was bonded to four different groups , it does n't matter what the groups are , it does n't matter how big , how small they are |