Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 2 | It is rapidly becoming one of those elite research institutions some academics are looking for to improve the quality of research . |
| 3 | Dr Mawhinney told MPs in a Commons written reply : ‘ This impressive contribution from GPs and their practice teams is exactly the sort of response we are looking for to take forward our plans to improve the nation 's health . ’ |
| 4 | Consumer affairs minister Baroness Denton said : ‘ It is far too easy to mistake these products for sweets , and when parents are looking for stocking fillers these items may be very appealing . |
| 5 | According to this argument , the theory we are looking for has got to be the kind of theory that seems implausible to our limited , Earth-bound , decade-bound imaginations . |
| 6 | Such a system would benefit Sunderland not only financially there would be full-houses for each match but also the big crowds would surely help the Rokermen to get the safety points they are looking for to climb above the Second Division danger zone . |
| 7 | The believe that what women are looking for is sensitivity , though they also say that women are looking for funloving men . |
| 8 | We are looking for understanding by listening to something or someone . |
| 9 | These will all be presented to interested donors in a common summarised format that will provide them with the information they are looking for to make their decisions . |
| 10 | Instead they are looking for to recruit people between 45 and 65 , who they feel are more likely to remain cool in the crises which plague , that kind of holiday . |
| 11 | Instead they are looking for to recruit people between 45 and 65 , who they feel are more likely to remain cool in the crises which plague , that kind of holiday . |
| 12 | Allied Breweries ' Taylor Walker subsidiary may consider the chain is just what they are looking for to increase their estate . |
| 13 | … with GCSE we 're plumping for having an external examiner to come into school , because the school years ago did a Mode 3 CSE , where all the kids put up an exhibition . |
| 14 | Like , you 're apologizing for crying . |
| 15 | So erm on that basis if , if , if we say that er that , that you 're looking for say thirty thirty thousand a year you 're looking at three hundred , four hundred and fifty thousand say four hundred thousand life cover . |
| 16 | ‘ The man you 're waiting for to make you his wife ? ’ |
| 17 | Yeah and you wo n't if , do you , wo n't have to tell 'em what you 're getting for doing it , you 're just , you 're just doing it for interest so to speak |
| 18 | We 're speaking for working people in this country and we are a reliable indicator of the feelings , the dreams , the hopes of working people right across the country and any party that attempts to divorce itself from an organization such as ours , that attempts to speak for working people will lose its way . |
| 19 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 20 | The announcement everyone had been waiting for came on time as British Telecom proposed to put up telephone bills by five per cent . |
| 21 | No , it was the last you know the dramatic end that everybody who 's been waiting for watching that film from seven o'clock till |
| 22 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 23 | Just as well so late I 've been waiting for to come . |
| 24 | I 'm concerned for the people who are waiting for housing , I 'm concerned about young people who are living in i i in ten er , on the tenth floor of high rise flats , these people have been waiting a very very long time and each time er , the er these they are , the properties are er , de-counted they are going further and further behind . |
| 25 | The money which is already in the foundation covers the refurbishing of the gallery and should also cover the kind of compensation I am getting for lending the pictures . |
| 26 | RAF sergeant Ed Horler has been reporting for training here . |
| 27 | Up to now , the manufacturers had not been accounting for dismantling personal computers in their construction , so it 's still a very difficult process . |
| 28 | Parish councillors at Robin Hood 's Bay are calling for policing to be stepped up . |
| 29 | The judges will of course be looking for turning ability , but the most important factor is that children — or adults — will find the toy a joy . |
| 30 | Q When I am looking at the ingredients in a hair product what should I be looking for to identify it as a quality product ? |