Example sentences of "could be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly such arrangements were not ideal — they could be exhausting for children and were at best a compromise among the law , the need for education , and the reality of poverty . |
| 2 | He/She could be looking for a Double Indemnity climax . |
| 3 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 4 | We slip out the back gate into a high-walled alley , me denying again that the police could be looking for me , and him smiling . |
| 5 | It is I 'm looking for five er may be for each of those companies so that 's thirty people I could be looking for . |
| 6 | whatsername said he they 're not supposed to be looking for a tumour , although that 's what they could be looking for . |
| 7 | But first of all Brian 's going to talk about some of the outlets and the sort of things that you could be looking for . |
| 8 | If we wind the table up another 6 places , 6 more teams who could be fighting for promotion and at the Manor tomorrow , it is Oxford take versus Grimsby . |
| 9 | If this scenario is correct , Saatchi could be heading for problems next year . |
| 10 | Or indeed they could be heading for the two peaks we had just thrashed . |
| 11 | TEAM up with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger and you could be heading for a super holiday in San Francisco . |
| 12 | " You know , I think that you could be heading for a very serious depression . " |
| 13 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |
| 14 | The Government could be heading for a damaging backbench revolt of Scottish Tories if it rejects Rosyth . |
| 15 | The out-of-contract midfielder is still waiting for the offer of a new deal from the Geordies and could be heading for a £1m-plus move . |
| 16 | The out-of-contract midfielder is still waiting for the offer of a new deal from the Geordies and could be heading for a £1m-plus move . |
| 17 | Well , those trade figures were better than expected , which was good news after yesterday 's warning from the Chancellor John Major that Britain could be heading for a recession . |
| 18 | I think something like that one could be going for about eighty five thousand . |
| 19 | Darlington have chosen largely unknown Queensland pace bowler Scott Muller as their professional partly because of his qualifications as a coach but if former Lancashire player , Jack Simmons ' opinion proves correct they could be challenging for the title yet again . |
| 20 | For experienced marathoners , it could be qualifying for the Boston Marathon . |
| 21 | put in a great deal of their time erm going to work and that could be working for er a European or an American right , er some sort of help in the house , or in the garden or whatever , so you had the men doing the same sort of tasks the housework as it were for Europeans and Americans and the women looking after the , the economic development of that little |
| 22 | This meant many of the staff could be travelling for days on end , racing against deadlines , and , just when they were at their most exhausted , might receive a summons to fly to France the next day , which usually meant leaving at 5.30 am . |
| 23 | they might be thinking that we 'll relax , we do n't really know.They could be playing for time.It could be they are seriously re-thinking . |
| 24 | If I say the words giant squid , does that remind you of what could be waiting for us out there ? ’ |
| 25 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
| 26 | ‘ On the other hand , they could be waiting for you . ’ |