Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've organized a fashion show , and Spice are playing for us . ’ |
| 2 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
| 3 | The president and the parliament are struggling for power , but both have said that individual savers will be compensated for the ravages of inflation . |
| 4 | Almost a year since the end of the Gulf War , more and more of the British men and women who took part are asking for help in straightening out their lives . |
| 5 | Easter , eight o'clock , half-seven my brother and sister are looking for Easter eggs in the house . |
| 6 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |
| 7 | Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens . |
| 8 | Malpas brigade are appealing for MoT failures which would be uneconomical to repair so they can practise their firefighting skills . |
| 9 | ‘ The Jockey Club are looking for action and I hope what I devise will be practical and can be implemented . ’ |
| 10 | Bronwydd Cricket Club are looking for players to join their tour to Paris from July 25–31 where they will play four games . |
| 11 | Now the club are looking for a player of your capabilities . |
| 12 | ‘ The Occupational therapy department are looking for things to put on the wall , whereas for the elderly patients themselves , it is just the process of working that they find enjoyable . |
| 13 | Competitors who converged on the Southlands Centre from all over the North-East were playing for places in the national finals in Reading in August . |
| 14 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
| 15 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 16 | An answer came from Huddersfield , where the Town Football Club were looking for an assistant to their secretary-manager Ambrose Langley , who had partnered Chapman 's brother at Hull before the war . |
| 17 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 18 | THE Northern Ireland School 's Football Association is looking for talented young players for the coming international season . |
| 19 | The Association is paying for the work , expected to cost in the region of £5,500 ( $9,600 ) from donations worldwide and has also launched an appeal for funds to restore the whole altar . |
| 20 | Keegan 's club is building for the future on the back of 30,000 gates every home match , but the Newcastle boss refuses to discuss transfer targets and would n't comment on the Ferdinand situation yesterday . |
| 21 | ‘ The whole of this club is rooting for him and wishing him well , ’ added the comparatively young Liverpool chairman , who admitted to finding his first year in office ‘ a difficult baptism ’ . |
| 22 | And despite a large membership , the club is appealing for new bowlers to join . |
| 23 | The club is pressing for recognition of decompression sickness as an NHS liability . |
| 24 | ( Suddenly telling a child to go to bed in the middle of an exciting TV programme is asking for trouble . |
| 25 | The estate agent is selling for a third party and it would be totally wrong that his client should suffer because of the false window-dressing of his agent . |
| 26 | While your subconscious mind is searching for some final point to include in the margins , go on to the final stage . |
| 27 | Dreadco is appealing for middle-aged identical twins , one to live in the low-pressure laboratory and one outside , while microscopic examination compares the rate at which grey hairs appear on their scalps . |
| 28 | The Commerce Department is looking for the book market to expand markedly up to 1997 , achieving average annual growth rated of 3.5% in constant dollars throughout the period . |
| 29 | And she had one or two hires including higher art and then somebody said oh that would be good for the P R department is looking for staff so she now is doing a superb job running a marketing operation , editing an internal newspaper it all herself and erm all of that I taught her , now I want to move her on to the stage where she can get professional recognition for this , now that is what I call an absolute beginner |
| 30 | An ambitious lecturer in an English Department is writing for his peer group , not for the general public . |