Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to have control over where they 're going , but they are looking for us to make suggestions and give guidance [ on the technology ] . |
| 2 | terms and conditions of engagement and as I said previously they are looking for us to provide them with spreads of expenditure of fees and , and Trevor 's looking into that . |
| 3 | And they are looking for it NOW . |
| 4 | They are looking for you . |
| 5 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 6 | They are waiting for you . |
| 7 | They are waiting for you ! ’ |
| 8 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 9 | But if you believe that there is a God then they are working for you in the sense that , for them , to pray is to work . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , they are coming for me now , and my time may be over . |
| 11 | James — they are coming for us . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The work is destroyed already — if they are coming for us . ’ |
| 13 | They are coming for us and our only way to stop them is a public campaign . |
| 14 | They are coming for us and our only way to stop them is a public campaign . |
| 15 | I want the most comprehensive list on all those who tried to do us in … they are asking for it and they are going to get it . " |
| 16 | They are longing for me to stop . |
| 17 | They 're calling for you to give some sort of speech . ’ |
| 18 | but the bi-law itself , I mean there , there , there , there 's nothing wrong , there 'll be nothing wrong in your saying with the erm , what is article ten , erm , if erm but with this connection which you say exists between what they 're calling for you to provide , erm and erm er what , oh sorry start again , you 're saying the claims unlawful because they 're seeking by er the central fund bi-law to recover sums that have been paused by their breaches of the |
| 19 | ‘ They 're searching for him , ’ my father said suddenly , in between mouthfuls of cabbage and soya chunks . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , they 'll take you for that , all right ; they 're fishing for them like mackerel . ’ |
| 21 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 22 | ’ But now they 're looking for me everywhere , ’ She went on . |
| 23 | They 're looking for us , damn it ! |
| 24 | ‘ They 're looking for you . ’ |
| 25 | They 're looking for you , you know , but there has n't been anything on the news yet . |
| 26 | They 're looking for you ! |
| 27 | They 're asking for a donation of twenty thousand pounds , put that in the context of nearly say six hundred , six hund sorry five hundred and forty thousand pounds that they 're spending , and maybe ninety thousand pounds English Heritage are spending , they 're asking for us to fund the shortfall . |
| 28 | They 're glowing for you and your dragon . ’ |
| 29 | That 's a tenner a week they 're giving for him ! |
| 30 | You know so it 's it 's it 's six of one and half a dozen of the other really , but the company worker learns to be the guidelines the rules the routines of the company and er also really backs up the company line you know and what they 're doing for them really is for the company . |