Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They are fishing mainly for espada ( scabbard fish ) which is caught four to five kilometres off shore in depths of over 800m , using lines with about 150 hooks .
2 THEY are crying out for lessons in love .
3 Oh they 're coming here for Christmas .
4 Look , they 're coming out for play time .
5 They 're going in for papers Wednesday .
6 ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’
7 They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep .
8 They 'd all come straight to Ingham 's after the Requiem Mass and they were waiting now for John Burns , the undertaker , to come and tell them when the grave was ready at the cemetery and the men would walk the coffin there .
9 ‘ But when I came in they were clearly not ready and they were running around for tyres .
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