Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [am/are] [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 2 | In a bedroom you 're looking for something at one ninety nine or two ninety nine . |
| 3 | The market for New York real estate is very soft , compared with the rent we are paying for our Tokyo gallery ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I will bring the shoes I am making for you now , the ones with the amethysts as decoration and I will expect payment for the work I 've done , mind . |
| 5 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
| 6 | Your bones , your eyes , your hair , your teeth are all going to be scrutinised by a panel of judges who are looking for your all-round potential , not just an impressive academic display . |
| 7 | We are talking here about notes you are talking for yourself rather than a piece of work which requires your best copper-plate style . |
| 8 | Is that your money you 're buying for your house ? |
| 9 | The police have sor , have got a copy of our emergency evacuation procedures , at the moment we 're waiting for them to return it to us . |
| 10 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 11 | ( 1.3 ) The possible argument consists in the premiss ( 1 ) that decisions and the like are taken to be effects but also to be no more than events which follow on conditions which are required for them , the further premiss ( 2 ) that it is to be presumed that we have a single conception of effects rather than several , and the conclusion ( 3 ) that all effects , including what have been called standard effects , are merely events preceded by conditions required for them . |
| 12 | The government 's principal aims for all sectors of education are first , to raise standards at all levels of ability ; and second , since education is an investment in the nation 's future , to secure the best possible return from the resources which are found for it … |
| 13 | And as half of Scotland appears to have coughed and spluttered its way through October we 're looking for your calls on chest complaints this tuesday . |
| 14 | At the end of the day we 're working for our own people . |
| 15 | After all the things we 're doing for you . |
| 16 | you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities . |
| 17 | This creates a problem for people who are looking for something that cats dislike , to use as a repellent . |
| 18 | Many people who are admired for their career success and professional expertise feel a failure . |
| 19 | The , er , credit to that goes to the chairman and chief executive and the executive directors and they are responsible for the business and it is right , in my view , that they should be rewarded for it and encouraged to take risks to work very hard on our behalf to ensure that that growth continues er , er , that benefits the , er , company , it benefits the country it benefits the er ergo , people who are working for it , it is not inflationary because we are looking at productivity and the productivity in the company has increased significantly . |
| 20 | for people who are caring for their , their family we 've , we 've also said , that employers should recognise that people should be able to get , erm some kind of leave occasionally from their work er , perhaps ten days a year when they find the person they 're looking after is is sick . |
| 21 | That 's a tenner a week they 're giving for him ! |
| 22 | During the assessment interview there should be a two-way exchange of information so that the nurse gives information to the patient about procedures which are designed for his safety , and answers questions . |
| 23 | Detailing for de Cuellar the damage done to Iraq 's civilian population and culture by five days of Allied bombing , Aziz declared , ‘ You personally bear responsibility to history and mankind for the heinous crimes being committed against the noble people of Iraq who are fighting for their freedom . ’ |
| 24 | Referring to WBA and IBF champion Riddick Bowe , he added : ‘ There are two heavyweight champions who are bidding for someone 's services . |
| 25 | Hurry up hippo we 're waiting for you we all want to see |
| 26 | The Atlantic Charter signed by Churchill and Roosevelt in August 1941 called for action to give ‘ all states access , on equal terms , to the trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity ’ . |
| 27 | and you got your points in , I mean you asked whether it was worthwhile , you did that very well actually er and you were good on reminding the prospect why you were actually asking for recommendations , probably a little bit weak after that point although you did , you , you picked up again , there were , there were points we 're looking for you did pick up referrals mentioned earlier . |
| 28 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 29 | every year I 'm looking for it to move forward a little bit . |
| 30 | Too often minority students themselves are blamed for their failure . |