Example sentences of "are [verb] for someone [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Christmas approaching , the managers of a shopping arcade are searching for someone to play the part of Santa Claus in their grotto . |
| 2 | We are looking for someone to join an international team working on the identification and cloning of antifungal proteins from plants . |
| 3 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 4 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That is why , say many Beijingers , ‘ we are waiting for someone to die ’ . |
| 7 | The General Household Survey 's special analysis of carers in 1985 ( Green , 1988 ) suggested that : 1.7 million adults are caring for someone living with them ; 1.4 million are spending at least twenty hours per week doing so ; and 3.4 million are bearing the main responsibility for the care of someone . |