Example sentences of "and [pron] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I say that Mrs Kurtz , I would have thought has sent her apologies , and I 'm substituting for her |
| 2 | If my chance does n't come sooner it will definitely come later and I 'm prepared for it . |
| 3 | And I 'm looking for you to satisfy me because I have n't found a man to do it yet . |
| 4 | ‘ The way we conceded goals at Coventry was very hard to take and I 'm looking for us to bounce back as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Avoid behaviour indicating sub-text like : ‘ You 're boring me rigid and I 'm looking for someone more interesting to talk to . ’ |
| 6 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |
| 7 | ‘ I was adopted , and I 'm looking for my real mother . ’ |
| 8 | Erm the law college have expressed an interest , and I 'm temping for them this week so I 'll chase them . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've put through a call to London and I 'm waiting for them to ring me up . |
| 10 | So I was standing there and I thought to myself pretend I 'm looking at my watch and I 'm waiting for someone . |
| 11 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 12 | I broke the new FIFA laws and I was punished for it . |
| 13 | Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk . |
| 14 | At least it felt like it was my own money and I was working for it . |
| 15 | Aircraft which were collected with such discrimination and taste , which were restored using the most scrupulous of standards and which were displayed for us and our children to enjoy at the Tamiami Airport near Miami , Florida . |
| 16 | if you 're the only one in house he follows you and you 're looking for him and every time you 're moving around he 's moving around behind you so you ca n't find him . |
| 17 | Most people who have testicular cancer and who are treated for it and cured go on to lead perfectly active normal lives as far as having children is concerned . |
| 18 | They said he was mentally deficient , and if people like you get your way , they 'll kill off children like he was , and then … ’ ‘ … you 're trying to make science into the new religion , that 's what you 're doing , and it 's a … ’ ‘ … and who 's paying for your filthy experiments ? |
| 19 | It was probably he , not a namesake , who was a follower of John Giffard [ q.v. ] in the civil wars of the late 1260s , and who was rewarded for his loyalty to the Crown with a grant of land in Northamptonshire . |
| 20 | Andrew Neil of the Sunday Times ( the one she did it with ) : Donald Trelford of the Observer ( the one she did n't do it with ) and Peregrine Worsthorne , former editor of The Sunday Telegraph ( the one who criticised the one she did it with , and who was sued for his criticisms , and lost ) . |
| 21 | I 'm late , and she 's waiting for me . |
| 22 | The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you . ’ |
| 23 | She 's give us twenty tapes and I 'm only tape five and she 's coming for 'em tomorrow . |
| 24 | And she is preparing for her own one-woman show next year . |
| 25 | Her husband had been taken into hospital and she was waiting for her son to come and pick her up at half past twelve , this was at half past ten in morning ! |
| 26 | And we are to wait for her ? ’ |
| 27 | It 's as if she is away staying somewhere , and we are waiting for her to come back , we can not do anything until she returns . |
| 28 | The whole episode illustrates the problems facing businesses caused by over-extending themselves and living beyond their means — there was little substance to the so-called boom of the 80s and we are paying for it today . |
| 29 | Certainly we 're concerned that someone may be going around educational establishments and we 're appealing for anyone else who may have seen this man to get in touch with us . |
| 30 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |