Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] is [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote : ‘ My mum is waiting for a heart-lung transplant . |
| 2 | My friend is waiting for me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My wife is waiting for me , ’ I said . |
| 4 | My uncle is looking for someone to replace a partner who 's retiring . ’ |
| 5 | She inclined her head deeply now ; then , after a moment she turned her attention to Aggie , saying , ‘ You see , my cousin is looking for a nursemaid to help with her six children . |
| 6 | At least that is who my cousin is working for . ’ |
| 7 | A PENSIONER was killed and her husband is fighting for his life after an explosion ripped through their home . |
| 8 | ‘ And her firm is working for Huerter ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ His Excellency is waiting for you , my dear . ’ |
| 10 | Raskolnikov turns to Sonya ; ‘ it was to her , Sonya , that he first went with his confession ; when he felt the need of a human being , he sought the human being in her ’ — which does indeed isolate for a moment , and emphasize , the mystic business of his alienation from the human family ; and for this moment the dross ( as it were ) of Sonya and of Raskolnikov is withheld ; the god in his humanity is looking for the god in hers . |
| 11 | His wife is searching for the book because Ward told her he had it . |
| 12 | ‘ His father is arranging for him to go to London . |
| 13 | ‘ No , no , his aunt is coming for him . |
| 14 | L. Donald Prutzman , the lawyer for the photographer Art Rogers , says his client is asking for $2.8 million , which represents a share in Koons 's profits from Rogers 's work , plus damages . |
| 15 | The transparent ‘ honesty ’ with which he will say good and bad about the people he 's worked with and around has always to be taken as having a ‘ point of view ’ ; that ‘ point of view ’ is governed by what Niki is looking for at any particular moment . |
| 16 | Nasty as this sounds , it is what your vet is looking for . |
| 17 | This will pose particular problems for the Horizons Agency , because we rely very much on the weekly allowance for the people with special training needs , because their output in in terms of o output related funding is relative to the So our income is cutting for the people with the , who need the highest training staff ratio , in in order to succeed . |
| 18 | He was talking about having her portrait painted : you do n't do that if your marriage is heading for the rocks . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No matter what your mind might be telling you right now , Aurora , your body is begging for more of my touch . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Your daughter is asking for you , Mrs Judge , ’ said Connor . |
| 21 | Let us suppose your agency is competing for the account of a new skin care range . |
| 22 | Says the diligent pilot : ‘ It is harder than you would have thought possible to identify fuel-contaminated water from avgas if your mindset is looking for globules of water in the bottom of a column of fuel . |
| 23 | And now , wo n't you come back and enjoy the delicious lunch your mother is providing for us ? |
| 24 | Our solicitor is fighting for that , but we seem as though we 're up against a brick wall at the moment , so we 'll have to just wait and see . |