Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be [v-ing] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jews would be waiting for him by now . |
| 2 | I do believe that er we go on into the nineties the European Parliament will play an increasingly important role , but this will be because countries and peoples will be asking for it to play , to control the European Commission in Brussels , to push forward the policies which people are looking for and it is after all , I think we should recall , that it is the Germans now who are calling for strength and institutions , including increased powers for the European Parliament . |
| 3 | I was sure my dogs would be waiting for me . |
| 4 | The pawnbroker 's clock showed five minutes to the hour and Billy suddenly remembered that Tony McCarthy was due and his friends must be waiting for him . |
| 5 | ‘ At least one of my friends might be waiting for me inside , ’ Benny said . |
| 6 | Even now the police might be looking for it , might even have found it , might be fumbling over the wet bundle , opening it out , fingering the name-tape … |
| 7 | We slip out the back gate into a high-walled alley , me denying again that the police could be looking for me , and him smiling . |
| 8 | And they had to have their secret routes , you see the excise men would be looking for them . |
| 9 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 10 | Sergei will be waiting for you at JFK . ’ |
| 11 | The others will be looking for me . |
| 12 | I never went down to meet you , for I was always afraid those right-wing student bullies might be waiting for me — you they could not touch , but I was an easy prey . |