Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [am/are] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I know Ruth likes clothes too , and reads fashion magazines , I know she appreciates what look I 'm aiming for . |
| 2 | So anyway I went to Index cos I want I want and a watch I 'm looking for a watch cos , and I thought oh aye I come to rings , I thought well I owe her a ring so I thought oh better half eternity ring they 're cheap anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 4 | I am , at present I am applying for a job on the |
| 5 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 6 | The money which is already in the foundation covers the refurbishing of the gallery and should also cover the kind of compensation I am getting for lending the pictures . |
| 7 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
| 8 | First is to Finland and it is to Penti P E N T I , and it reads as follows dear Penti , at the moment I am looking for information on the cost for officially trialing grasses and clovers in your country , stop . |
| 9 | Ten past twelve , and still no sign of the leaf-shape I 'm looking for … |
| 10 | ‘ That 's not quite the sort of husband I 'm looking for , so just as well . ’ |
| 11 | Of course while they may be imagining that they are bending my ear and creating a good impression , they are also providing me with the kind of evidence I am looking for about the gendered and generational aspects of this kind of racism . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm willing to quit a lucrative job in the City for a voyage of discovery in another direction , but only if the set-up I 'm quitting for has an even chance of staying afloat for the voyage . ’ |
| 13 | this makes quick reference easier as I can see at a glance whether the magazine has the pattern I am looking for . |
| 14 | I think you 're the woman I 'm looking for , and I 'm not going away until you give me what I want . |
| 15 | ‘ You must be the passenger I 'm looking for , ’ he says , studying a bit of paper . |
| 16 | What 's the word I 'm looking for ? |
| 17 | ‘ The results of such an explosion are quite unknown but stupefyingly horrendous however optimistic your guess might be , if optimistic is the word I 'm looking for , which it is n't . |
| 18 | What I wanted to do today was to start to talk about mechanisms but I think I 've exhausted my erm what 's the word I 'm looking for ? |
| 19 | Well sorry , pushy , I mean we got push not what 's the , what 's the , the , the , not pushy 's not the right word I 'm looking for erm asking in a confident manner |
| 20 | and the biggest erm , what 's the word I 'm looking for ? |
| 21 | li , limited , is that the word I 'm looking for ? |
| 22 | What I 'm suggesting really , is let's get it on the agenda for budget review whenever the next meeting is , to be considered in depth , and if that gives an extra couple or three weeks for officers to write the report , fine , if it goes beyond the next policy and resources a week or two wo n't matter in the scheme of things , it 's detailed consideration I 'm looking for , rather than a fast fix in ten minutes at the next P and R. |
| 23 | than just erm , I like , reason I 'm going for that one is my washer is very similar looking |
| 24 | I 'm gon na have to vote as well , I du n no who the hell I 'm voting for . |
| 25 | ‘ I keep telling you , Anne , that 's not the sort of thing I 'm looking for . |
| 26 | In London it 's only Annabel 's or Tramp — the rest do n't happen for the certain crowd , the newspaper-worthy crowd I 'm looking for . ’ |
| 27 | every year I 'm looking for it to move forward a little bit . |
| 28 | One thesis I am arguing for claims that authoritative reasons are pre-emptive : the fact that an authority requires performance of an action is a reason for its performance which is not to be added to all other relevant reasons when assessing what to do , but should exclude and take the place of some of them . |
| 29 | In this discussion I am taking for granted certain obvious features . |
| 30 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |