Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And because of remarks like that is it any wonder you 're still scratching around for a woman to share your miserable existence with ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She had been totally geared up for a reconciliation , ’ says Columb Farrelly , then manager of Sinead 's band and the man who persuaded the troubled teenager to seek out her mother . |
| 3 | This year the charity to benefit will be the Newborn Appeal , although the organising Speke 10k Committee are still looking around for a main sponsor for the event . |
| 4 | Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours . |
| 5 | Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm just going out for a minute , Mam , I wo n't be long . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm just going out for a bit . |
| 8 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 10 | Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in . |
| 11 | Ah sure he 's only staying out for a while till he gets married and that . |
| 12 | Final configuration and pricing has yet to be finalised , the firm says , and it is still casting around for a name , although Series 200 has been mooted . |
| 13 | Company secretary Peter Nicholson said : ‘ We are currently looking out for a suitable steam locomotive but it could not be too big or heavy . |
| 14 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 15 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 16 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 18 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 19 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 20 | In Melbourne on the afternoon of 8 February , 1983 , the sky was completely blacked out for a while . |
| 21 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |
| 22 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |