Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [verb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
2 | I am looking for her daily at Stromness . ’ |
3 | When he saw that , he called out , " My friend , have you seen El-ahrairah , for I am looking for him to give him my gift ? " |
4 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
5 | I am fighting for them as much as for the shareholders . |
6 | ‘ I will bring the shoes I am making for you now , the ones with the amethysts as decoration and I will expect payment for the work I 've done , mind . |
7 | ‘ I think I am talking for us all when I say that we will gladly work for nothing , just until matters improve , we have all been so happy here at Summer Lodge and each and every one of us would like to stay with you wherever you go . ’ |
8 | ‘ Not so long as I am working for you . ’ |
9 | I ca n't stop crying , 'cause I am crying for you . ’ |
10 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
11 | I am waiting for it eagerly , as so few are to one 's mind in these days . |
12 | If my chance does n't come sooner it will definitely come later and I 'm prepared for it . |
13 | I know I 'm trying for it I 'm trying for it . |
14 | I know I 'm trying for it I 'm trying for it . |
15 | ‘ I 'm voting for her anyway , then , ’ smiled the old lady , closing the door . |
16 | May I say that Mrs Kurtz , I would have thought has sent her apologies , and I 'm substituting for her |
17 | ‘ I 'm dressed for it , ’ Riven replied in a disgruntled tone , and the big man laughed . |
18 | This crypt-room is so stuffy , the walls squeeze in , I 'm listening for him as I write , the thoughts I have are like bad drawings . |
19 | yeah , I 'm saving for it , right . |
20 | I want to be with you , really with you , inside you for hours on end , I 'm achin' for it . ’ |
21 | ah , I 'm looking for her , Yvonne yeah |
22 | Well a as long as he knows I 'm looking for him . |
23 | And I 'm looking for you to satisfy me because I have n't found a man to do it yet . |
24 | She says , I 'm looking for you . |
25 | every year I 'm looking for it to move forward a little bit . |
26 | ‘ The way we conceded goals at Coventry was very hard to take and I 'm looking for us to bounce back as quickly as possible . |
27 | Erm the law college have expressed an interest , and I 'm temping for them this week so I 'll chase them . |
28 | Thirty I 'm bid for it . |
29 | There you are , one hundred pounds again I 'm bid for it . |
30 | Fifty pounds again I 'm bid for it . |