Example sentences of "is [v-ing] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are husbands , ergo , she is looking for them . |
| 2 | In every prima facae case there are always anomalies if somebody is looking for them . ’ |
| 3 | It seems that they can be market counterparties even if the firm acts only as their agent and , indeed , even if the firm is acting for them on a discretionary basis . |
| 4 | If the very young , and sometimes the educationally very backward , are taught , or perhaps more accurately indoctrinated , with the idea that there is a ‘ god ’ who approves the teaching , who is caring for them , and who will provide for their needs , they will believe this , even when a state of intense deprivation confutes this every day of their lives . |
| 5 | The state provides housing for children , and hence for whoever is caring for them . |
| 6 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 7 | Nobody else is speaking for them . |
| 8 | The Foreign Office is calling for them to be freed on bail.Richard Barnett reports : |