Example sentences of "'re [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It decreases the possibility of , of getting out of that situation because you 've got so many other people against , against whom you 're competing for work . |
| 2 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |
| 3 | And I think it would actually need , if it 's going to be taken on board , somebody appointed to look at this , or it be put in somebody 's job brief and I would have thought ideally that it would be placed with the community worker , and I do n't know quite how we 're placed for community workers in East Oxford , but maybe it 's something we could put to that department . |
| 4 | shades they were made in Finland they were the paper pleated ones , er , most of them , no , no not most of them , a lot of them fitted er close up onto the ceiling where they 're intended for centre lights and were held up onto the ceiling with a little spring , erm , they also did some quite nice pleated paper shades , er at a time when you find that most electrical shops were , would have er the old type of erm what is it , imitation silk shades with fringes round them , er fringe at the top and fringe at the bottom and so on sort of thing , when the , when those was sort of old of age everywhere , it was just the same as it 'd been before the war , er it was , you know , quite right really to see these all in different colours , completely plain , but pleated shades but in just one particular colour each shade . |
| 5 | The kind of these are the kind of things that we 're using for drink . |
| 6 | We at Halpern and Woolf believe the recession has been with us for some months already ; the C B I takes the same view and they 're pressing for interest rate reductions now to restore business confidence . |
| 7 | Erm , certainly when you 're , you 're very young , I mean that when you 're driving for attention . |
| 8 | If you 're committed for trial from this court you will be committed to Preston . |
| 9 | As the last said , it does not have to be , 'cos you felt that someone else had some more energy , 'cos you 're praying for energy performs and you sited some examples . |
| 10 | The main reason our children try drugs is that they 're searching for pleasure , and the main reason they carry on is that they 've found it . |
| 11 | Yes , well they 're listening for slang ! |
| 12 | At the moment , they 're vying for position under the microscope . |
| 13 | Just when we 're strapped for cash , only a load of new clothes can save us from looking dowdy — you would n't be alone in thinking that the whole thing is nothing more than a brilliant wheeze dreamt up by the fashion industry whenever times get tough . |
| 14 | Then there 's the New York guitar from Patrick Eggle , several hundred pounds cheaper but with the same ugly-is-beautiful appeal , or if you 're strapped for cash then the new Starfields look hard to beat . |
| 15 | Usually they 're pushed for space as well , you see , that could |
| 16 | Since our meeting in May is the annual meeting , we 're pushed for time there . |
| 17 | If you 're looking for future-proofed , quality technology , the Dan machine is n't expensive . |
| 18 | Bearing in mind you 're looking for colour and . |
| 19 | No , no we 've got another office at Knebworth which is a village approximately six miles north of here , what I will also be doing automatically is passing your details through to the office so that as you 're looking for character property and village property they 'll be particularly appropriate okay , but also to make life easier we actually carry their details here so anything that they 've got available I 'll be able to give to you now |
| 20 | At £1,329 , the Dell is n't the cheapest 33MHz 486 machine money can buy , but if you 're looking for reassurance in the light of the recent spate of bad news ; it 's one for your shortlist . |
| 21 | So Mr it would perhaps be right to think then that you 're looking for cover for the firearms unit ? |
| 22 | Pleasant if you 're looking for peace and quiet , but it does have its drawbacks . ’ |
| 23 | If you 're looking for portability rather than high output levels and do not need the extra facilities of the big brother amps , you might well find yourself tempted … |
| 24 | If you 're looking for gift ideas why not try an unusual flower gift service called Present Perfect . |
| 25 | ‘ You claim to be perfectly satisfied to enjoy what we have , when in fact you 're looking for commitment . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't try to kid me that you 're looking for business , ’ Marion said . |
| 27 | I , I , I think this must be the hardest business to plan around in the market place Peter , because at the end of the day you 're chasing business , you , you 're looking for business and if I 've got an account , I 'll be honest with you , if I 've got an account tomorrow or , that rings in and it 's in for sort of Friday , yes , and that should be there , and I 'm out of the area Friday , I 'll go across and get that business , I 'd go out of my area and get that business , |
| 28 | Yeah , you 're right Al , we 're looking for Zam . |
| 29 | Just because you 're looking for win win relationships all the time that does n't mean that you 're gon na get walked over all the time because by being assertive and by this is this is really what I want , what is it that you want and looking , listening to the other person 's point of view as well as making sure your point of view goes across as well somewhere , somewhere in all of that through all this down here , there 's a way of finding something for both people . |
| 30 | Erm , so if you 're looking for advice , independent financial advisers . |