Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | no I 'm not , I 'm sorry I said some of them are raised now for the first time , I was about to say I 'm not complaining I 'm simply pointing out , standing here without the instructions I ca n't deal with the matter |
2 | He 's convinced that my lover and I are waiting eagerly for that event , so he 's written a will that leaves me destitute . |
3 | I feel I am wanted only for what business I can bring their way . |
4 | I am going home for two days . |
5 | However , if Microsoft can neither be bothered to put the basic information in its literature , nor inform the people handling the upgrade , should I be looking elsewhere for an alternative ? |
6 | Anna , emboldened by the energy of taking action , said , ‘ Would I be paid more for one than the other ? ’ |
7 | Well I 'm done now for till tomorrow morning and then thank god it 's Friday I say . |
8 | I 'm pining away for Cinders , you see . |
9 | ‘ But please do n't believe that I 'm pining away for the lack of a man in my life . |
10 | I 'm leaving shortly for the Ministry . ’ |
11 | In their third session , Peter reported that he had had his annual pay increase and said , ‘ I think I 'm earning enough for Susie to stop working . |
12 | I 'm looking now for a nice you know . |
13 | He 's a computer genius , but he 's crap at everything else , geography he 's useless at , economics he 's useless at I 'm aiming basically for , I 'd be happy with four As , five As maybe |
14 | ‘ I 'm sick to death of looking over my shoulder every time I come here , wondering and dreading if someone who knows me has seen me and can guess what I 'm coming here for ! ’ |
15 | ‘ Because I 'm working here for a short time . |
16 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
17 | I 'm going away for a while , give you time to pack your things . |
18 | Tomorrow I 'm going upstairs for good . |
19 | ‘ I 'm going outside for a minute , ’ Oates said . |
20 | ‘ I 'm going outside for a fag , ’ said the purple girl , She got up and left the hall . |
21 | I 'm going abroad for a short time … ’ |
22 | " I 'm going home for a fortnight . |
23 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
24 | I 'm doing more for Britain than some of the people actually born here . ’ |
25 | Whereas you say I 'm I 'm responding here for Gosforth Park School or whatever you know , that might not exist but , |
26 | I 'm playing now for Christopher . |
27 | I was weeping bitterly for most of the time . |
28 | I was sent away for life , and they 'll hang me if they discover I 've come back . ’ |
29 | I was sit there for twenty five minutes for you . |
30 | I was taken there for the first time when I was six weeks old in a motor side car down from London to just within ten miles of Bury St Edmunds . |