Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schedules are handy reference points , ways of showing clients what they are getting for their money , and the bases on which the media people actually go out to buy time and space . |
| 2 | Our pest control customers are now being provided with considerable detail about what they are getting for their money , which is quite right and proper . |
| 3 | In addition , tax breaks are promised for enterprises owned by artists ' unions and associations as long as they are operating for their prescribed purpose . |
| 4 | They are revising for their examination . |
| 5 | I 'm just ringing to warn you : be careful , they are looking for your sources . ’ |
| 6 | When birds are released from cages , they flap and stretch at a very high rate , suggesting that they are compensating for their earlier restriction . |
| 7 | They are waiting for their hot-off-the-press copy of the weekly Vaquero or Cowboy magazine , a comic book that traces the adventures of North American cowboys and voluptuous Indian maidens , wrestlers , soccer players and truckdrivers . |
| 8 | A rotund species , they are striking for their creamy white colour and remarkable range of sounds that can be clearly heard above the surface of the water . |
| 9 | Burns has reminded his players — the best paid footballers in the First Division — that they are playing for their future livelihoods . |
| 10 | They are fighting for their enslavement as if it were a question of their salvation . |
| 11 | And they 're looking for your money-raising ideas to top the record £2 million raised in the south last time … and the zanier the ideas the better , say the organisers . |
| 12 | ‘ We only have to mention it and they 're diving for their costumes , ’ says Chris with a laugh . |
| 13 | They 've all been very responsible and they seem to have loads of energy and a sense of fun , which is essential if they 're babysitting for my three-year-old during the day . |
| 14 | One shot and they 're scurrying for their holes . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're playing for their futures at this club , ’ he said . |
| 16 | They do n't work out how much they 're paying for their money |
| 17 | ‘ They 're fighting for their lives , and they need help . |
| 18 | After a shaky start , the Meteors are on a roll … yesterday against the Solihull Dodgers they were looking for their fifth successive win . |
| 19 | Scholars like John Aubrey ( 1626–1697 ) became interested in the information they were collecting for its own sake , and not simply as evidence gathered to prove a particular point of view . |
| 20 | They were waiting for their target to pass , releasing the night-watch man from his stint of duty . |
| 21 | ‘ There were literally hundreds if not thousands of people who looked as though they were running for their lives . ’ |
| 22 | because they were paying for her house , she was n't her husband and herself did n't have to pay over there |
| 23 | But what they were asking for our support would we also write to the bus companies again and urge them instead of the buses going down Station Lane to come through our village . |
| 24 | So that one really is telling a story , commemorating something in Danish history , when they were fighting for their for their freedom . |
| 25 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 26 | And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel . |