Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt the whole neighbourhood 's waiting for me to make an honest woman of you . " |
| 2 | Johnny Boy was waiting for someone to pull into his driveway . |
| 3 | The European Community is asking for what remains of Yugoslavia to be isolated from world organisations , like the United Nations , as violence continues in Sarajevo in spite of a ceasefire call . |
| 4 | He thought that the Robemaker was waiting for him to do so ; perhaps somehow to indicate that he would ask for mercy , but he had done nothing . |
| 5 | With Christmas approaching , the managers of a shopping arcade are searching for someone to play the part of Santa Claus in their grotto . |
| 6 | ‘ His father is arranging for him to go to London . |
| 7 | little boy had been to school and his mother and father was waiting for him to come home . |
| 8 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 9 | My aunt and uncle were waiting for us to come through . |
| 10 | My uncle is looking for someone to replace a partner who 's retiring . ’ |
| 11 | While in ( 16b ) the speaker is not represented as having any kind of expectations at all , in ( 16a ) he is : the sentence with the infinitive means that the speaker was hoping for someone to come to his assistance even before this happened . |
| 12 | Mungo had a strong sensation that the dark cavity was waiting for something to happen . |
| 13 | The crowd were pulling for me to do well . ’ |
| 14 | He can call his bluff and ask to see the quotations ; he can take the initiative by stating that he assumes the buyer is wishing for him to justify his price ; or , if flushed with the confidence of past success , he can say ‘ Then I advise you to accept one of them . ’ |
| 15 | They had even heard that Angel 's family were planning for him to marry a neighbour 's daughter . |
| 16 | ‘ And Spain was a cosy hideaway for our export villains ; ergo , her boyfriend was waiting for her to join him on the Costa del Crook . ’ |
| 17 | Some of her happiest hours were passed in making these costumes and she found that time flew by — it seemed she had barely started before her mother was calling for her to have her bath and go to bed . |