Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where an employer seeks to impose new terms , he necessarily faces the problem of the previously bargained contract of employment and must initially show a sound good business reason to justify the changes when dismissals resulting from refusals to accept them are assessed for their fairness . |
| 2 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 3 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |
| 4 | Schedules are handy reference points , ways of showing clients what they are getting for their money , and the bases on which the media people actually go out to buy time and space . |
| 5 | Our pest control customers are now being provided with considerable detail about what they are getting for their money , which is quite right and proper . |
| 6 | There s NO WAY they could do that , unless they are pressed for them . |
| 7 | They are appealing for anyone who saw anything unusual in the area between 9pm last Thursday night and 12.30am the following morning to contact them . |
| 8 | Now they are appealing for anyone to hold fund-raising events to boost the coffers . |
| 9 | Now they are appealing for anyone to hold fund-raising events to boost the coffers . |
| 10 | In addition , tax breaks are promised for enterprises owned by artists ' unions and associations as long as they are operating for their prescribed purpose . |
| 11 | Screaming and shouting are a help , though stress may be transferred to neighbours or family unless they are prepared for it . |
| 12 | They are revising for their examination . |
| 13 | They are noted for their strength , tenacity , magical powers and skills in metallurgy . |
| 14 | They are looking for everything — an organ , crucifix , statues of the saints , candles , incense , altar decorations , you name it . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm just ringing to warn you : be careful , they are looking for your sources . ’ |
| 16 | They want to have control over where they 're going , but they are looking for us to make suggestions and give guidance [ on the technology ] . |
| 17 | terms and conditions of engagement and as I said previously they are looking for us to provide them with spreads of expenditure of fees and , and Trevor 's looking into that . |
| 18 | And they are looking for it NOW . |
| 19 | They are looking for you . |
| 20 | ‘ They are looking for someone who is hiding , ’ said the mother . |
| 21 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 22 | We can observe many examples in non-linguistic behaviour of the use of signals to regulate turn-taking : in many sports , for example , it is necessary to do this — footballers can indicate that they are looking for someone to pass the ball to , or that they are ready to receive the ball , and doubles partners in tennis can indicate to each other who is to play a shot . |
| 23 | When birds are released from cages , they flap and stretch at a very high rate , suggesting that they are compensating for their earlier restriction . |
| 24 | ‘ It is great for players and their clubs when they are picked for their country . |
| 25 | They are to blame for what I am , and they know it — They hug their flatness like a kind of health . |
| 26 | But it is also an ideological statement : the housewife 's place is in the home washing and hanging out her own clothes ; not in the launderette where they are processed for her . |
| 27 | Once jobs arise and if they are paid for their labour , they become the workers again ; sometimes they are just as poor but their class position has changed . |
| 28 | Moreover , one can not stop inquiring minds from thinking about basic science , whether or not they are paid for it . |
| 29 | An image is given here of maturity and knowledge : the boys ' education is enabling them to identify many of the trees and plants , and they are described for their usefulness ; the boys seem to recognize them as things to be used or admired , and no thought of destruction is introduced . |
| 30 | They are waiting for their hot-off-the-press copy of the weekly Vaquero or Cowboy magazine , a comic book that traces the adventures of North American cowboys and voluptuous Indian maidens , wrestlers , soccer players and truckdrivers . |