Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for someone " in BNC.
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| 1 | Referring to WBA and IBF champion Riddick Bowe , he added : ‘ There are two heavyweight champions who are bidding for someone 's services . |
| 2 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
| 3 | Smith said : ‘ I 've been looking for someone to play wide on the right . |
| 4 | ‘ But , actually , I am looking for someone younger . ’ |
| 5 | I am looking for someone — at least , that was the original intention . |
| 6 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |
| 7 | With Christmas approaching , the managers of a shopping arcade are searching for someone to play the part of Santa Claus in their grotto . |
| 8 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 9 | As most actors are looking for someone they 'll be happy to hang around with for years to come , they tend to choose subjects they like and approve of . |
| 10 | Now establishment scientists are looking for someone interested in using the achievement in the civil sector . |
| 11 | ‘ They are looking for someone who is hiding , ’ said the mother . |
| 12 | ‘ You are looking for someone , are n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | You are looking for someone who is ideally suited to the vacancy and who will be happy to stay . |
| 14 | ‘ We are looking for someone on a consultancy basis to advise on above and below-the-line campaigns , but there may be several arms to that , ’ McDevitt adds . |
| 15 | We are looking for someone to join an international team working on the identification and cloning of antifungal proteins from plants . |
| 16 | ‘ So we are looking for someone who knew his business . ’ |
| 17 | I take it you are looking for someone ? ’ |
| 18 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 19 | We can observe many examples in non-linguistic behaviour of the use of signals to regulate turn-taking : in many sports , for example , it is necessary to do this — footballers can indicate that they are looking for someone to pass the ball to , or that they are ready to receive the ball , and doubles partners in tennis can indicate to each other who is to play a shot . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ said the agent , ‘ they 're looking for someone to play Long John Silver in a new production of Treasure Island . ’ |
| 21 | They 're looking for someone to play this sort of deformed hunchback , part werewolf , part vampire . |
| 22 | No one here likes you , the way you sit off by yourself at meals half the time as if you 're waiting for someone who 's good enough for you . |
| 23 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 24 | Her feeling was that Meryl had been waiting for someone … |
| 25 | He might have been waiting for someone . |
| 26 | That is why , say many Beijingers , ‘ we are waiting for someone to die ’ . |
| 27 | The General Household Survey 's special analysis of carers in 1985 ( Green , 1988 ) suggested that : 1.7 million adults are caring for someone living with them ; 1.4 million are spending at least twenty hours per week doing so ; and 3.4 million are bearing the main responsibility for the care of someone . |
| 28 | 15 per cent of women are caring for someone , but so are 12 per cent of men ( Evandrou , 1990 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ In a little while , Roger , I am waiting for someone . ’ |
| 30 | I would be looking for someone like the Beresfords ' youngest daughter — innocence , childlike freshness and beauty . ’ |