Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] [verb] for i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 2 | So I do believe in me soul that she 's working for me . |
| 3 | But there was no malice in their interest and I sometimes had the feeling that they were waiting for me to turn round and hand them a bag of toffees , with instructions to share them out fairly and not throw the papers on the floor . |
| 4 | ‘ At some point I was torn between two or three different possibilities of how to go ahead ’ said Christina Gillespie , the secretary of the group , ‘ when I got a phone-call from the Salvation Army , saying that they were praying for me . |
| 5 | I could see from the onlooking faces that he was coming for me and at what speed , and when I felt the air behind me move and heard the brush of his clothes I went down fast on one knee and whirled and punched upwards hard into the bottom of his advancing rib cage and then shifted my weight into his body and upwards so as to lift him wholesale off the floor , and before he 'd got that sorted out I had one of his wrists in my hand and he ended up on his feet with me behind him , his arm in a nice painful lock and my mouth by his ear . |
| 6 | He told me that he was waiting for me to return . |
| 7 | I 'm late , and she 's waiting for me . |
| 8 | Marie looks at me like she 's waiting for me to say something . |
| 9 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 10 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 11 | But next day I 'm coming along the High Street when I meet little Darius — you know him ? — and he says there 's two guys broke into my flat and they 're waiting for me . ’ |
| 12 | Jekyll 's servant had received by the same post a letter similar to mine , and he was waiting for me with the locksmith . |
| 13 | As in the past , he was anxious to know what my new job was like , and it was reassuring for me to learn that he thought that such work was very much needed . |
| 14 | But whatever was lost for me by that death I still saw , and see , love as the only real world . |
| 15 | I 'd never part with them because they were made for me . |
| 16 | After a pause , he says , ‘ Why do n't you have a little talk with Heavenly Father while you 're waiting for me ? |
| 17 | ‘ And you 'll be making a living while you 're working for me — or do you intend to take no salary ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ One thing I must remember to teach you while you are working for me , Shelley , is not to be afraid to be beautiful . |
| 19 | That 's where I was earlier when you were looking for me . ’ |
| 20 | Hell , why ca n't you do as you 're told for me ? |