Example sentences of "might be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we might be looking for an ornamental dagger , then ? ’ |
| 2 | Even now the police might be looking for it , might even have found it , might be fumbling over the wet bundle , opening it out , fingering the name-tape … |
| 3 | Let everybody you know have the details of the kind of employment that you might be looking for . |
| 4 | ‘ A few people might be looking for my head if we do n't do it , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Sometimes you might be looking for examples of certain kinds of behaviour — how do you go about persuading people to do things in certain situations ? |
| 6 | Er , I 've seen other papers where there is a hint that we might be looking for a contribution , er , out of the general budget , er , of that difference , that two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 7 | The criteria that we have suggested in the paper we 've put in for for the discussion session stems from detailed observation and experience of what inward investment of the strategically significant kind might be looking for . |
| 8 | And we were rather thinking that might be looking for another job very soon . |
| 9 | Combined operations became the commando 's métier and he would become as accustomed to calling up a battleship 's gunnery officer or the leader of a flight of rocket firing Typhoon aircraft as he might be radioing for mortar fire from his own Heavy Weapons Troop . |
| 10 | It was suggested that the caravan dwellers might be hoping for a house on the new Greenstiles development , but Medstead housing group chairman , David Winter , felt it unlikely . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Among East Anglian property pundits , alarm over what Mr Lamont might be planning for the region 's property market turned to relief as it became clear he had no major upsets in store . |
| 13 | Jacob , increasingly since he commenced going to university , might be missing for the rest of the day ; Joshua , particularly in the summer , would go out for long walks in the country , following , he said , the course of some meshuggeneh game in which young men threw an iron ball along the road and ran after it — could there be such a game ? |
| 14 | Although one need look no further than the Institute 's mission statement to appreciate that it sees members ' interests as very much secondary to the public interest , it might be reassuring for practising members to know that the Institute , nevertheless , recognises their concerns and has taken proper account of them in determining its long-term objectives . |
| 15 | ANY OF THESE MIGHT BE HAPPENING FOR OTHER REASONS . |
| 16 | Speedie explained later : ‘ When the fan ran on I thought he might be going for the referee , so I tried to intervene . |
| 17 | I never went down to meet you , for I was always afraid those right-wing student bullies might be waiting for me — you they could not touch , but I was an easy prey . |
| 18 | He had a premonition that the enemy might be waiting for them . |
| 19 | It was possible they might be waiting for him . |
| 20 | ‘ At least one of my friends might be waiting for me inside , ’ Benny said . |
| 21 | It , er , it might have been a little awkward for me — meeting someone who might … might be waiting for a bus , or a taxi . ’ |
| 22 | " I think I might be falling for you , you know , " he said as they were drinking up at eleven . |
| 23 | Aitchison managed to put over two of four kickable penalty chances in that period to push his side in front and , 16-15 behind , it looked as if Dundee High might be heading for their third single point defeat of the league campaign . |