Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 2 | As always , he seemed to be apologizing for everything he said or did . |
| 3 | John marvelled at the way it seemed to be thinking for itself . |
| 4 | Each one must have held memories of her father , but she seemed to be looking for something special . |
| 5 | The shape outside had stopped , and seemed to be looking for something . |
| 6 | It seemed to be looking for something . |
| 7 | He seemed to be looking for something . |
| 8 | No one seemed to be looking for it . |
| 9 | Her whole body seemed to be listening for him . |
| 10 | He came down from the knoll and seemed to be searching for somebody . |
| 11 | He seemed to be searching for something more — to say , but then repeated , " Yes , very nice . |
| 12 | But the trees and the flowers all seemed to be waiting for something to happen . |
| 13 | There was a pause ; he seemed to be waiting for her permission . |
| 14 | Everyone seemed to be waiting for her reaction , and she saw that Tom , in particular , was observing her narrowly . |
| 15 | He seemed to be waiting for me to react , rather as if he 'd floated a fly in front of a fish . |
| 16 | They seemed to be waiting for me to do something . |
| 17 | With his clammy hands and his face furrowed at nothing more than the flap of pigeons ' wings or the sight of a meter maid , he seemed to be waiting for it . |
| 18 | I think we were both put out , for Dana , though certainly James Dean material , hated to be valued for his looks alone , while I resented the ease with which he attracted praise and disliked being thought of as an intellectual with nothing else to recommend me . |
| 19 | Suddenly , the economic miracle of the past decade began to be recognized for what it was . |
| 20 | She expected to be thanked for her loyalty . |
| 21 | The recurrent celebration of the martyrs ' feast days catered for the need to make the church 's past present , linked the sacred time of the Christian year into the sacred history of God 's holy people , and so helped to reconcile a triumphant faith which had emerged dominant in society , with the tenacious sense that blessedness lay in being persecuted for his name , and it kept alive a sense that Christ 's kingdom was not of this world . |
| 22 | The Princess proved to be fitted for her post by her loyalty as well as her dignity , for she remained with the Empress until the end came on the morning of 4 September 1870 , leaving her mistress only when so commanded . |
| 23 | Peony preferred to be regarded for herself and not just as a stamp of her mother 's , for her mother was beautiful , but Peony knew that although she did look the pattern of her mother , she had not her beauty or her presence . |
| 24 | For the most part , however , Elizabethans preferred to be remembered for their ancestry and achievements rather than for their piety , and in order to impress succeeding generations of parishioners , they incorporated into their monuments inscriptions , heraldic devices , and portraits of themselves in their lavish official robes . |
| 25 | Although he liked to be admired for his prowess , he did n't like male-talk of that kind . |
| 26 | They continued to be seen for what they continued to be : organisations concerned to get the highest wages and the best conditions they could for their members . |
| 27 | At the same time existing children of eleven to fourteen had to be assessed for their placing in secondary education . |
| 28 | Something had to be done for her . |
| 29 | The eel had to be prepared for her journey by staff at the centre who gradually acclimatised her in their newly built quarantine unit . |
| 30 | You always had to be prepared for anything . " |