Example sentences of "[noun] would be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the Irish side would be looking for progress on this issue . |
| 2 | He told me he used to catch the train from Penn Station , New York , get off it at a station called Back Bay where a car would be waiting for him . |
| 3 | The Jews would be waiting for him by now . |
| 4 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 5 | Thus similar cars from WG would be £1,200 cheaper than the UK-made car , and UK cars would be selling for DM39,600 in WG , i.e. DM3,600 dearer than the equivalent car made in WG ( year 2a ) . |
| 6 | During the theatre festival , the author liked to take early-morning walks , and every day when he left his hotel Dustin would be waiting for him . |
| 7 | She glanced about the hall , hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her , but there was no sign of Sharpe , nor of any of the Prince of Orange 's staff . |
| 8 | But even if American consumers were exactly like their British counterparts , Brooks Brothers would be heading for a fall . |
| 9 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that since it was the business of estate agents to act for numerous principals , several of whom might be competing and whose interests would conflict , a term was to be implied in the contract with such an agent that he was entitled to act for other principals selling similar properties and to keep confidential information obtained from each principal and that the agent 's fiduciary duty was determined by the contract of agency ; that since the plaintiff knew that the defendants would be acting for other vendors of comparable properties and would receive confidential information from them , the agency contract could not have included terms requiring them to disclose that confidential information to him , or precluding them from acting for rival vendors , or from trying to earn commission on the sale of another vendor 's property ; and that , accordingly , although the purchaser 's interest in acquiring both properties was material information which could have affected negotiations for the sale price of the plaintiff 's house , the defendants were not in breach of their duty in failing to inform the plaintiff of the agreement to buy the adjacent house , which was confidential to the owner thereof , and the defendants ' financial interest in that sale did not give rise to a breach of fiduciary duty ( post , pp. 941A–B , G–H , 942A–B , G — 943B ) . |
| 10 | Eckmire , anxious to be seen to be supportive of the departing champion , added : ‘ Our sponsorship position has always assumed that Nigel would be driving for Williams next year and we echo the British public 's sentiments . ’ |
| 11 | But to say as much to this sentimental woman's-magazine lady would be asking for trouble , undoing all the efforts he had made to assure them all of his true warm humanity — emotional lot ! |
| 12 | It would not be too difficult for his legal representative to brand her as rash and irresponsible — scarcely attributes the judge would be looking for in little Kirsty 's potential guardian ! |
| 13 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said the team would be looking for a top ten place next season . |
| 14 | But Sylvia would be waiting for him , later , and there was Crump to be re-engaged . |
| 15 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would be working for The Mob these days . |
| 16 | For millennia it was accepted that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe , despite all the contrary evidence , on the grounds that no other site would be fitting for the world on which the ‘ chosen ’ ( whatever their religion ) dwelt . |
| 17 | She 'd smell the pipe and the sherry in the lounge and know she could go to sleep , because the Guests would be staying for supper and cards . |
| 18 | I was sure my dogs would be waiting for me . |
| 19 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
| 20 | If she was stupid enough not to realize that Timothy Gedge would be waiting for her it was n't anyone 's business except hers . |
| 21 | Suddenly he remembered the dog — people would be looking for his dog as well as himself . |
| 22 | We are , he thinks , entering a period of new morality , when people would be looking for lack of stress , believing that the quality of life would transcend monetary reward . |
| 23 | It would be the end of summer in Australia , and people would be longing for the winter . |
| 24 | I think , I hope we 've pointed out to you the essential differences between what Brian would be looking for as a , as a magazine editor if you like , and what I would be looking for as a , as a news editor . |
| 25 | The photographer would be waiting for her by the exhibition stand in twenty minutes or so . |
| 26 | The taxi , when it came back to the street , would be crawling because the driver would be looking for the number . |
| 27 | I think the worst of all locations would be a , would be one where the new settlement would be catering for the needs of Leeds , if it were were located along the A sixty four corridor , South South South of York . |
| 28 | Any minute now the Scene of Crime course would be arriving for their lecture on the collection and preservation of scientific evidence , and this brief spell of quiet would be over . |
| 29 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 30 | Gay and Flick would be waiting for her — and she hated keeping people waiting . |