Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he applied for was funding for research on ‘ The influence of geometry on social behaviour ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 3 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |
| 4 | A Supreme Court judge , Fabiola Borrero , from the western city of Cali , was shot dead on Sept. 22 by gunmen believed to be working for the Cali drug cartel . |
| 5 | As always , he seemed to be apologizing for everything he said or did . |
| 6 | John marvelled at the way it seemed to be thinking for itself . |
| 7 | Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder . |
| 8 | Each one must have held memories of her father , but she seemed to be looking for something special . |
| 9 | The shape outside had stopped , and seemed to be looking for something . |
| 10 | This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) . |
| 11 | It seemed to be looking for something . |
| 12 | He seemed to be looking for something . |
| 13 | No one seemed to be looking for it . |
| 14 | Few , indeed , seemed to be listening for sense at all . |
| 15 | In speaking to others , he seemed to be listening for , watching , her reactions . |
| 16 | Her whole body seemed to be listening for him . |
| 17 | He came down from the knoll and seemed to be searching for somebody . |
| 18 | He seemed to be searching for something more — to say , but then repeated , " Yes , very nice . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | On two occasions we were called into the hospital in the wee small hours , expecting the end — but the dear old rogue had nine lives and , at seventy-nine , he seemed to be negotiating for another two . |
| 21 | Anthony , of Chipping Sodbury , near Bristol , said : ‘ I seemed to be falling for ages . |
| 22 | Both sides indeed seemed to be pleading for German support against the other . |
| 23 | He later went on to say that he had seen the same man in the vicinity about 5.30 to 6.00 , and that he seemed to be heading for the Oliver 's shop . |
| 24 | All Dublin seemed to be heading for Christchurch Place tonight . |
| 25 | Molassi seemed to be heading for a large structure . |
| 26 | The £14m annual budget allowed for establishing fundholding seemed to be heading for overspend just midway through 1991–2 . |
| 27 | Collegians seemed to be heading for a shock win which would have ruined Western 's chances of a possible date with Lisnagarvey in tomorrow 's final when winger David Hutchison put them in front with a superb solo effort in the 20th minute . |
| 28 | Ireland seemed to be heading for a win in the bottom match when Mary McKenna and Aideen Rogers turned three up but Joanne Hockley and Sandy Lambert made one up . |
| 29 | He seemed to be waiting for me to react , rather as if he 'd floated a fly in front of a fish . |
| 30 | There was a pause ; he seemed to be waiting for her permission . |