Example sentences of "[v-ing] for that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She followed him numbly , still praying for that elusive miracle as they went into the staff rest-room and collected two cups of coffee and then out again , back down the corridor to the consultant 's room — his room . |
| 2 | The sacrifice comes in dying for that valued person or thing . |
| 3 | that 's , that 's the other thing when there 's only two of you involved and you , we were opening for that first sort of eighteen months five , six days a week just keeping on top of a day to day business does n't allow you to sit back |
| 4 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 5 | Mansell is looking for that elusive record-breaking ninth win of the season . |
| 6 | Looking for that special Christmas or birthday present for a friend or relative who 's a d-i-y enthusiast ? |
| 7 | She was a working class woman on her own , looking for that big break . |
| 8 | I do n't know when he , when he was looking for that old chap , I think one of the girls threw something at him hit him in the eye . |
| 9 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 10 | Her family 's obvious enjoyment of her awe quickly reassured her again and she was up , searching for that little O of light which tells the end is in sight . |
| 11 | You , you go for a job and there 's two hundred people going for that one job . |
| 12 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
| 13 | They 're waiting for that split second when all the backs are turned so they can slip a jacket or jumper in a bag and walk out of the shop . ’ |
| 14 | The only thing I could step up while waiting for that next visit to the X-ray department was my visualization . |
| 15 | Hit four or five balls , waiting for that short ball . |
| 16 | Otherwise you might be desperate to get awa to do something , or get away on holiday , but you 're still waiting for that big win . |
| 17 | Against that are moments when he strays too far from the printed note in striving for that extra frisson of feeling and resorts to a delivery that stays only just the right side of being coarse . |
| 18 | In other words , there will always be a tendency for , probably for the offspring to want the mother to go on breast- feeding for that little bit longer tha tha the mother may . |
| 19 | At the other end of the school , in the first year of the Halls , close links were established with the many primary schools ( some of them tiny ) which sent eleven-year-olds to the school , and the style of teaching for that first year was aligned as closely as possible with the more effective primary-school practices . |
| 20 | Seeking to push through this terrified and bewailing throng and their attackers , making for that rear door , he recognised that this might well ruin all . |
| 21 | Before without really knowing it , I was just preparing for that one lesson to get through that one lesson , but partly I think as a matter of survival in this situation , because I had never taught children before and really did n't have an overview at that point . |
| 22 | By keeping the lower vee steeper than the other , we introduce what might be called a ‘ tail-effect ’ , so keep this in mind when you are practising for that first Rokkaku Challenge . |
| 23 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 24 | It seems to me that while you work initially for local councils and local councillors who should , obviously , be the people who have the power and the say , and far be it from me to recommend that you ignore or even threaten to undermine the democratic process , however imperfect it it it may it may be , you have you are working for that local council . |