Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We manoeuvre in the world constantly looking out for Number One . |
| 2 | The union is constantly looking out for ways like this to show promoters , record companies and the rest of the music industry the right way to treat musicians , and to remind the business yet again of their responsibility to put back into music just a small part of the rewards which they enjoy , thanks to the skills of musicians . |
| 3 | Cos our Lianne said to me on Thursday mother I 'm only going away for week . |
| 4 | Nails slept at the stables almost every night , apparently going home for breakfast . |
| 5 | Ian Brown 's drop goal increased the lead to four points , but the last quarter belonged exclusively to the visitors with Stephen Cowan , Maurice Field , Richard Cullen , Colin Wilkinson and Graeme Copeland all getting in for tries from which full-back Colin Wilkinson converted two of them . |
| 6 | ‘ Just caught your nippers apparently setting out for Siena , ’ Fosdyke said . |
| 7 | AFTER a five-year delay , the Government is finally bringing forward for legislation the 1984 Warnock Report 's agenda on human embryo experimentation . |
| 8 | I know but I 'm still not wandering around for hours I 'm warning you now ! |
| 9 | He saved one of the Signals Waafs from getting into trouble through not turning up for duty on time , simply by staying at his post until she finally did appear . |
| 10 | ‘ They are not going home for Christmas ? ’ |
| 11 | It served her right for thinking too much of the violets ; not caring much for drink , she did not mind losing the Madeira . |
| 12 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 13 | Relatives of British holidaymakers who 're fleeing from the hurricane in the United States are tonight waiting anxiously for news . |
| 14 | She said if you 're not coming home for if you 're not coming home for dinner I 'll boil you an egg |
| 15 | Whatever it is , it is not doing much for business , as any Manager will tell you . |
| 16 | If you live alone and are able to get out , there are many voluntary organisations just crying out for helpers . |
| 17 | I was not crying out for pain pills or anything . |
| 18 | he tries to arrest her , but she bravely defies him until some guerrillas arrive , and he is soon begging abjectly for mercy . |
| 19 | Most significant of all there is an interruption in registration in 1206 when things were not progressing well for Innocent . |
| 20 | I also find flying so boring , just sitting there for hours . ’ |
| 21 | The police , still clustered by their vans , were not watching out for trouble . |
| 22 | The government consultation paper insists that it is not gunning specifically for county or for district councils . |
| 23 | I chose a situation close to a hedgerow and was soon scouting around for logs or pieces of wood to cover the trench and to give some sort of protection against shrapnel . |
| 24 | About half of the pupils in maintained schools take school meals , with the rest bringing their own food or making other arrangements ( mostly going home for lunch ) . |
| 25 | Getting him to hospital is something I dread you would n't believe the struggle to get people to understand how bad it is — it 's usually building up for weeks but until he 's practically killed himself or someone else , no one wants to know . |
| 26 | I 'm always looking out for things I have n't heard before . |
| 27 | If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on . |
| 28 | Even if Kirov was still listening out for radio contact , he was unlikely still to be in direct touch with the pilot . |
| 29 | He 's usually waiting here for scraps . ’ |
| 30 | The Pakistan Board is still pleading frantically for ICC Secretary Colonel John Stephenson to clear their name . |