Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pron] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A significant indicator of poverty in any society is the number of people who can be seen poking in rubbish bins looking for something that is still usable , since surviving off society 's rubbish epitomises ultimate poverty . |
| 2 | It 's as if I 've wasted my life searching for something that was never lost in the first place . |
| 3 | And when at last she fell asleep it was to find herself in the château , running endlessly through a labyrinth of rooms , searching for something that was always just beyond her reach . |
| 4 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 5 | You feel you 're begging for something that is n't there . |