Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for someone [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I beg your pardon for intruding , ’ she said , ‘ but I came looking for someone to serve me with petrol and I heard your voices and then what you said about Brownies . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd known her , and her husband Alan Rakoff , for a long time and as I began searching for someone to play Barbara I just found myself thinking about her . |
| 3 | Whenever she wants to go out , she may have to arrange for someone to come and ‘ sit in ’ if her parent can not be left alone ; and suitable ‘ mother-sitters ’ are always much harder to find than ‘ baby-sitters , . |
| 4 | All through the week they gathered waiting for someone to pop his or her head round the entrance and shout that there was an audition , and they were off like a shot , their audition clothes naturally packed in a case by their table . |
| 5 | After a concert or disco , if you 've arranged for someone to pick you up and they do n't arrive — speak to the organisers and ask them if you can phone home . |
| 6 | Dr Higenbottam , who is attending a two-day symposium of the British Thoracic Society in London , said : ‘ There is only a finite number of human organs available because we have to wait for someone to die . |