Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 2 | ‘ He flew back today and heard I was working for you , so he — ’ |
| 3 | He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days . |
| 4 | When Jessica poked her in the ribs and swore they were coming for them , she hardly raised her head . |
| 5 | Deport Peter Schmichael for having an out of date work permit , let Scumtona and Hughes run off to the Cayman Islands for a peaceful life together , Ryans potty training to let him down at home games as well as away , Lee Sharpe to OD on E and think he 's playing for the best team in the country . |
| 6 | Maureen Taylor from Mistley Park Place Environmental Centre paid £45 at market for Jack and saved him being sold for meat . |
| 7 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 8 | She concentrated on the one with the trousers and said she was looking for George . |
| 9 | She made her get into bed and said she was sending for the blue ladies right away . |
| 10 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |
| 11 | The police , having interviewed working colleagues of the victim at the London Docks , had elicited information to the effect that at the end of his shift he met two men outside the gates and said he was going for a drink with them . |