Sentence examples for be shooting for a from inspiring English sources

Woods will be shooting for a fourth straight major championship there.

It's a little peculiar to be rehearsing a scene in minute detail that you're not going to be shooting for a month, so you don't get too detailed about it, but you try to get the basic dynamics of what's going on understood by everybody.

In the men's 200m both Zharnel Hughes and Adam Gemili will be shooting for a medal, although if Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin are anywhere near their best a bronze will be the most they will be able to aim for.

Often the makers of a tuneful and mesmeric indie rock sound, that pays tribute to the likes of the Smiths and the Go-Betweens, Slave Ambient – via the means of some scene-setting ambient synth washes and some anthemic, U2-reminiscent songs – seems to be shooting for a more widescreen music.

Samsung seems to be shooting for a weird market of gadget enthusiasts who want a specific kind of device convergence, but not anything that most human beings would find useful.

And while some of the biggest Berlin tech companies, such as Soundcloud and Wooga, appear to be shooting for a major home run, here doesn't appear to be an exit or IPO on the cards this year for either.

I guess people just assumed that with my grades and ACT score, I would be shooting for an Ivy League school.

And then I thought, might as well be shot for a sheep as for a lamb!" © Barney Hoskyns, 2003.

"He's shooting for a Tony," Mr. Chaudhary joked.

He was shooting for a job like director of operations.

This year, sensibly, he's shooting for a lower number.