Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
| 2 | He 'd been looking for that for ages . |
| 3 | I have been looking for that ever since I first became involved in politics . |
| 4 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 5 | Like me , you know the Abbe Gerard was murdered , and you are looking for that book , a gift from our royal master which , by rights , should now be returned to its proper owner . ’ |
| 6 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
| 7 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 8 | So it 's about seven an seven grand they 're looking for that ? |
| 9 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 10 | And do n't forget to use plenty of reverb if you 're going for that ‘ cathedral of sound ’ sound . |
| 11 | You 're going for that ? |
| 12 | And do n't forget to use plenty of reverb if you 're going for that ‘ cathedral of sound ’ sound . |
| 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 Americans owe the company money and they 're waiting for that and also the , they sold one of the machines at the exhibition so , and they 've had some enquiries , so hopefully they 'll bring some work in . |
| 15 | because people are dissatisfied with the treatment and they 're paying for that treatment and they 're dissatisfied , so you always get complaints whether you pay or not |
| 16 | ‘ We 're aiming for that contradiction , ’ explains Jim James , one of the band 's two singing guitarists . |
| 17 | That we 're recording for that lady ! |
| 18 | Now they 've come out the front door and the bus is running er coming down the road so they 're running for that bus , so they 're using up their energy , the insulin level 's there , but the energy level is going down . |
| 19 | Yes , at fifty instead of sixty , they said you retire at age fifty and we will make your pension up to what you would have got at age sixty and we will also do the same with you lump sum and so now you know , this and they did that with thirty thousand I think went in one year , it does n't take long to get rid of one point seven billion pounds when you 're doing for that er that number of people erm and |
| 20 | The most you 're spending for that is ten pound . |
| 21 | The pattern is very much first half er , erm , loss or small profit , second half all the profit and in fact you should watch out for the bigger , the bigger Addison Wesley gets , the more the loss in the second half will be because we 're investing for that sale |
| 22 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
| 24 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 25 | She 's been going for that ra is it radium ? |
| 26 | Those who are asking for that — many voices , including important voices , in Northern Ireland are asking for it — would create a situation for everybody in Northern Ireland that would be far worse than it is now and , God knows , it is bad enough at present . |
| 27 | What you 're looking in any formula say from a carbon compound you would be looking for that was bonded to four different groups , it does n't matter what the groups are , it does n't matter how big , how small they are |
| 28 | But you 'll be looking for that . |
| 29 | I 'm looking for that er , you did n't ge you did n't find that planner did you ? |
| 30 | Well I 'm sure he 'll be paying for that . |