Example sentences of "to [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For their part the Brazilians want to play British oppositon to remind themselves of what it feels like to be searching for the ball in the air for much of the game . |
| 2 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 3 | He came down from the knoll and seemed to be searching for somebody . |
| 4 | He appeared to be searching for some key document . |
| 5 | He seemed to be searching for something more — to say , but then repeated , " Yes , very nice . |
| 6 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 7 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |
| 8 | Someone , somewhere out there just had to be searching for her . |
| 9 | He has among his own ranks the formidable figure of Michael Hesletine , understood to be lobbing for the head of a super ministry of Environment and Industry , in a slimmed down Cabinet . |
| 10 | We need to be monitoring for more data . |
| 11 | Certainly Luke , who is thought to be writing for Gentiles , omits the story , probably out of respect for his Gentile readers . |
| 12 | is it a contentious issue erm ho how is the criticized , very very short , because you are only going to be writing for about a page , a page and a half , right , so just make sure that every sentence or every other sentence carries a new bit of information and then people say , good , this person knows everything about this subject , full marks and you and er but it 's all too easy to , to focus on one or two aspects of say a question on trade or er er Harrison Todaro model of migration . |
| 13 | And what I was going to be getting for myself at some stage cos I 'd like to do the rest of the curtains myself . |
| 14 | The theory seems to have a middle class bias in that it assumes that all criminal and rule-breakers accept and cherish middle-class goals , but many delinquent activities do not appear to be aiming for material gains . |
| 15 | Those students who take Celtic through to honours level tend to be aiming for a Gaelic-related job ( eg in journalism or broadcasting , Government agencies , local government or teaching ) ; but a typical first-year class also includes many who simply have an interest in Scotland 's languages or heritage . |
| 16 | What we ought to be aiming for is more localised revolved estate management . |
| 17 | Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes . |
| 18 | Only DEC has adopted it and was rumoured to be lobbying for its continued development within the framework of the consortium . |
| 19 | It enables both countries to augment their own dominant positions within the Community while pretending to be acting for the sake of ‘ Europe ’ . |
| 20 | A person is entitled to act for the protection of livestock if either the livestock or the land on which it is belongs to him or to any person under whose express or implied authority he is acting ; and he is deemed to be acting for their protection if and only if , either : |
| 21 | He had always claimed to be acting for the best ; not selfishly , but for all men , as the great sage Confucius had said a ruler should act . |
| 22 | It 's for all these reasons that Madonna has been accused of setting back the women 's movement 30 years , but she 's never claimed to be speaking for the cause . |
| 23 | ‘ He was told in writing that he was only going to be narrating for five minutes of the video , which is not what happened . |
| 24 | The trunks of the gum trees soared bright pink , the tack room windows flared crimson and all the birds in the world seemed to be singing for joy . |
| 25 | It is vital , however , that they are able to compete on equal terms , and to achieve this there will need to be funding for the extra costs of clinical research . |
| 26 | ‘ Chrissie was supposed to be enrolling for a teachers ’ training course all we saw her doing was peeling potatoes and with her hands in the sink for six weeks . |
| 27 | The SOC , in retreating from the prospect of an agreement with the external factions , appeared now to be pushing for a decisive victory on the ground . |
| 28 | The current education debate also seems to be pushing for a return to traditional teaching methods . |
| 29 | However , new academic journals are regularly launched , devoted to one or other of the many specialisms into which English is fragmenting , and in their earlier issues , at least , are likely to be looking for contributions . |
| 30 | I hovered over the sideboard pretending to be looking for cutlery and strained my ears to catch the conversation . |