Example sentences of "may be [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BROOKE SHIELDS , who is not being offered many good roles since outgrowing her curvaceous teens , may be looking for a new career as a film critic . |
| 2 | Or he may be looking for a particular foodplant , or flower for nectar , searching for a special smell or a particular electromagnetic emission . |
| 3 | The subtle , instinctive mind pattern of an insect may be looking for the particular infrared , pheromone emission which signifies the presence of his lady-love . |
| 4 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 5 | His family have a message for other parents who may be hoping for a similar hospital place for their glue-sniffing child |
| 6 | There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation . |
| 7 | However West Germany and its neighbouring countries may be heading for a different pattern . |
| 8 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 9 | Alternatively one party may be arguing for a significant change or development in the law , and might actually be expecting to lose at first instance . |
| 10 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |