Example sentences of "[verb] he [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned round often enough to let me know he was looking for me . |
| 2 | ‘ How did you know he was waiting for us ? ’ asked Billie as they took a taxi into the centre of London . |
| 3 | And now you can ask I can sort of ask you questions on it like if he 's been travelling for let's say If he 's if he 's covered sixty miles how long has he been riding for ? |
| 4 | Okay erm If he 's done two hundred miles , how long has he been riding for ? |
| 5 | Has he been working for a long time ? |
| 6 | Running around in a Chevy Bronco with Texas licence plates — everyone has to know he 's working for you . |
| 7 | They say he was looking for evidence of natura naturans ‘ all-creating nature ’ , rather than natura naturata , ‘ the made world ’ ; in certain seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing of unimpeachable orthodoxy reference is made to anima mundi , a spirit pervading the world and supplying the continuing presence of God . |
| 8 | And then you get lots of other unwelcome knocks on the door — one man who says he 's looking for number 11 , another who says he 's a taxi-driver who 's come to the wrong house — and he probably is but his timing is enough to make you rush about panicking and locking the place up like Fort Knox . |
| 9 | The Divisional Officer for the N U R , covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , Phil McGarry says he 's looking for a fair deal : |
| 10 | Lawn Tennis : Beaten Borg says he 's playing for fun and the fans |
| 11 | Mr Gatoff says he is looking for offers in the region of £15m . |
| 12 | He says he is praying for rain , but is n't yet resorting to a rain dance . |
| 13 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 14 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 15 | As one student patiently explained to me when I asked him how he knew what results he was looking for : |
| 16 | Chairman Murray had said he was looking for an apology from Crosby over rumours linking the Sunderland boss in a reunion with former manager Denis Smith at Bristol City . |
| 17 | I just assumed he was making for Otters ' Bay . ’ |
| 18 | You would have thought he was practising for his memoirs . |
| 19 | This shows he is headed for a clear collision course with the opposition . |
| 20 | AN election candidate was last night accused of abusing democracy after some of the people who signed his nomination papers said they were not told he was standing for the far-Right British National Party . |
| 21 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 22 | I spect he 's waiting for a train . |
| 23 | He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days . |
| 24 | This requires a successful I test , with a -20 penalty , for any character who specifically states he is looking for something out of the ordinary . |
| 25 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 26 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 27 | I figured he was waiting for you to wake up , Sleeping-Beauty-style , at which point he 'd marry you and make very tender love to you . ’ |
| 28 | Half wanting to quit , half determined to persevere he was caught for some moments , indecisive and forlorn . |
| 29 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 30 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |