Example sentences of "'s [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment he 's searching around for sponsors . |
| 2 | He 's waiting outside for Patrick . ’ |
| 3 | Do you know it is , it 's a little tiny but it 's going on for ages and ages . |
| 4 | and who 's going in for emergency surgery and whose chances of coming out are virtually nil anyway . |
| 5 | The record card for such a client was scribbled over with the comment of dealers : " He 's about to buy a house ; has no funds ; he 'll see how the shares he already has do ; he 's going in for Rolls Royce , so has no money ; he 's still waiting for share certificates — once these have arrived he will think about further investment . " |
| 6 | ‘ It 's coming up for midnight , ’ said Shirley , with some relief , pointing at the quartz carriage clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 7 | ‘ You know the land that 's coming up for auction ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Ilsa 's coming over for supper . ’ |
| 9 | one of the favourites to win the British Hangliding Championships is Pete Harvey from Milton Keynes … he helped Britain to third in the world cup which has just finished in California … now he 's taking off for Spain … that'ss where they 're holding the British competition … why its hot sunny and its ' not raining … |
| 10 | I know , but it 's standing there for ages in the cold is n't it ? |
| 11 | It 's comin' yet for a' that , |
| 12 | It 's comin' yet for a' that , |
| 13 | After year 's playing together for Gloucester , first Teague left to join the Birmingham club Moseley . |
| 14 | Or a bed into the smallest bedroom ; — A man from British Telecom trying to use one of those stupid modern phone boxes that are just little booths exposed to the weather ideally when he 's ringing up for details of something and trying to write with one hand while trying to stop the piece of paper blowing away . |
| 15 | We go two lads there with hardly any work on me and Jan are alright now we got a third person Graham has n't got much on and er Ri Richard 's scraping round for work , so of course my ears pricked up like so I thought , Mike sensed that I 'd looked up and he looked at me and er so I just looked back he said God , God had never invented a woman with small ears ! |