Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 2 | Now that the main task of supplying those prisoners with a correspondent has been achieved , I am again appealing for help , this time in forming an organisation for the purpose of helping both prisoners and ourselves . |
| 3 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
| 5 | And she said : ‘ When I am not training for hockey I play football . |
| 6 | I am not asking for Camelot , after all . |
| 7 | ‘ I am now looking for companies that want to add a new line to their range . ’ |
| 8 | I am now babysitting for people who have three children , who is 5 , who is 3 and who is about 1 . |
| 9 | ‘ I have lived in Dunstable in Bedfordshire , all my life , and I am now studying for A-levels in English , French and Business Studies at Manshead Upper School . |
| 10 | I am currently searching for sponsorship so that we can publish and circulate the report widely next month . |
| 11 | I am therefore appealing for funds and people prepared to help us raise them . |
| 12 | Then Richardson suggested Albie work for them on salary-in much the same way , I think to myself , that I am supposedly working for Carmichael . |
| 13 | what your doing , your just , she said I know I am she says I 'm nick picking , I 'm just looking for faults , I told you that today |
| 14 | ‘ The one that says you own the world and all that 's in it , that says you ca n't for the life of you figure out why I 'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of staying on here , in this house , as your grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not looking for problems or confrontations off the field . |
| 16 | Clare said , ‘ I 'm not looking for Prince Charming . |
| 17 | I 'm not looking for attention . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not looking for excuses — I had felt great all day and I was really relaxed until six laps from the end . |
| 19 | ‘ Thursday was probably our worst performance since I took over , but I 'm not looking for excuses . |
| 20 | He wonders why I 'm not caddying for Arnold Palmer , so I tell him there 's been a mix-up and he takes me on . |
| 21 | I 'm not waiting for Sister Patronise to come back , that 's for sure . |
| 22 | I feel that we need now new blood on the committee , and coupled with the fact that I 've done one one more year than the constitution says I should , I 'm not standing for reelection as Chairman . |
| 23 | I 'm not going for Moneymakers . |
| 24 | I 'm not asking for money or taking anything from you . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not asking for pity . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'm not asking for permission to touch you . |
| 27 | That 's it then , I thought , I 'm not asking for miracles ; just what 's normal and natural : decay , moth and rust and all that . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not asking for capital . |
| 29 | While I 'm on a journey I 'm always looking for cones and sometimes I 'm fortunate enough to be held up at traffic works . |
| 30 | you might 've er I mean you did it right , it could 've been a bit stronger though , a bit more punch to it , er punch is n't the right word erm , you know , well okay look what I 'm really asking for Dave is your help , you know , when people ask you to help what would you normally do , you 'd help would n't you ? |