Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pers pn] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 2 | Has he been taking lessons from the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) in arm movements , or perhaps he is auditioning for a part in ’ Thunderbirds ’ ? |
| 3 | Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then . |
| 4 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 5 | For the projected sales and costs ( budget ) in the forthcoming year , which need to be drawn up whether or not they are used for obtaining bank finance , the haulier could use the profit-and-loss budget form recommended by the Small Firms Service of the Department of Trade and Industry ( see below ) . |
| 6 | Moreover , one can not stop inquiring minds from thinking about basic science , whether or not they are paid for it . |
| 7 | In a field landing , or whenever you are trying for a spot landing ( which , of course , should be on every landing ) , the moment you find that you are having to keep full airbrake on continuously , you should start to side-slip and use up the excess height . |
| 8 | If you do n't realize that soon you 're headed for disaster . |
| 9 | I think there 's some in I think I saw some instructions that ideally they were looking for about something like about four hours of lectures and about four hours of y'know kind of more tutorial like interactions . |
| 10 | and suddenly she was listening for dogs |
| 11 | And perhaps they were hoping for an innocence that was long past both of them … |
| 12 | What about the day she collapsed in the the hairdressers and only we 're going for a drink . |
| 13 | It was 1973 and already we were preparing for the move to the States . |
| 14 | It opened only this month , and already it 's noted for its cuisine and cellar . ’ |
| 15 | The interval bell sounded , and soon I was waiting for Jock to introduce me , and striding on . |
| 16 | We could use them to illustrate your history if ever it is accepted for publication . ’ |
| 17 | And always he was scratching for crumbs . |
| 18 | I think , I think more and more we 're going for two , two things . |
| 19 | Partly I am mesmerised by its spinach-green tanks and cowling , its red pulleys , dogs and levers , its greasy leather belts , its twitching , glittering blades , stink of hot oil , petrol , exhaust … and partly I am praying for the chance that something — I 've no idea what , but just something — may go wrong … so that I , Jimbo , the firstborn , may step into the breach and save the day . |
| 20 | And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses . |
| 21 | ‘ Graham Gooch should have sorted the problem out , he did not , and now we are paying for it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They were out of work and underprivileged and now they are working for cut rates . ’ |
| 24 | I 've spent the last 40 years protesting about all sorts of things and now I 'm protesting for my railway , not theirs , ours . |
| 25 | A sample : We 're coming in to land at Speke My legs are feeling very weak We 've just returned from Barcelona And now I 'm going for a sauna Toshack is of Scottish descent , and there is certainly a bit of McGonagall in there , though not the best bit . |
| 26 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
| 27 | HARDMAN Basile Boli has already left his mark on England 's Psycho — and now he 's gunning for the man they call Attila . |
| 28 | She had already had one nervous breakdown , which was no doubt a great nuisance to everybody , and now she was heading for something worse : agoraphobia . |
| 29 | And now she was heading for us , the biro between her teeth , the light of battle glinting behind her frameless glasses . |
| 30 | Fortunately , the bias against other accents and dialects has waned in recent years and today they are appreciated for the variety they bring to the language . |