Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes it easier , in principle , to ‘ see ’ how many hypotheses are competing for some portion of an utterance , for example , and to decide which are the most promising given the evidence . |
| 2 | No results , however , are expected for some time ; and in any case , Whitehall expenditure reviews are notorious for failing to deliver anything of significance . |
| 3 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend will be aware that the commuters in Kent are looking for some advantages from the channel tunnel rail link . |
| 5 | First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’ |
| 6 | Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation . |
| 7 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |
| 8 | So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 're looking for some kind of … counselling , ’ says Riva , ‘ I 'll ask my father if he knows of anyone who … ’ |
| 10 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 11 | at the minute , we 're waiting for some bits for this should be in today . |
| 12 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 13 | But RSI sufferes who 're hoping for some compensation from their employers are worried the Judge 's ruling may make harm their chances . |
| 14 | The higher-end 45MHz , 135 MIPS and 50MHz , 150 MIPS iterations , with external cache , are promised for some time later this year . |
| 15 | Bones in pellets are protected for some time ( see discussions on this in the sections on trampling and weathering , above ) , but in wet conditions or in water the pellets disintegrate and the bones they contain are dispersed ( Korth , 1979 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm dying for some punch . |
| 17 | I 'm looking for some smokes to smoke . |
| 18 | Councillors are concerned the new development will mean increased traffic and are to ask for some sort of restrictions for lorries . |
| 19 | Be prepared for some children to be vegetarian , so make sure there are other forms of protein than meat . |
| 20 | Years of drought and sparks from poorly maintained electricity cables are to blame for some fires , but many have been started by arsonists . |
| 21 | It is clear that the timing of these impacts varies enormously between cases , and that long time periods are required for some impacts to emerge . |