Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh Micky Mars Bars been knocking for me , Clinton 's supposed to be knocking for me , Jay do n't know what the fuck 's he 's , he 's supposed to be doing ! |
| 2 | Pat herself has been very ill and people in QP have been praying for her . |
| 3 | I 've been praying for him and this looks like the best possible outcome . |
| 4 | Well , er the C B I and other bodies are pressing for them to come down at once , er John Major has said it 's only a question of time . |
| 5 | The four nations have also announced a ban on herring-fishing , claiming that the species is dangerously over-harvested , and are pressing for it to be registered under Appendix I of CITES ( which bans all exploitation ) . |
| 6 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 7 | She had been aching for him since she had first seen him straddling that bike with such lazy arrogance . |
| 8 | You ca n't imagine how I have been aching for you … |
| 9 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 10 | ‘ There 's two young women here are dying for it ! ’ |
| 11 | Well driving and for erm you know he had plant hire , he 'd been driving for him and that . |
| 12 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 13 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 14 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 15 | So he 'd been looking for her . |
| 16 | They were barely inside the front door when the elderly housekeeper appeared and told Cinzia that Signorina Cook had been looking for her . |
| 17 | At the big house I met the Officer who had been looking for me earlier on . |
| 18 | She must have been looking for me because a few seconds later she spotted me and came over . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've been looking for me ? ’ |
| 20 | She calmly told me that the police had called round and that Nassim had been looking for me . |
| 21 | They 've been looking for me to take me back . ’ |
| 22 | He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties . |
| 23 | ‘ He did n't realise that people all over the world have been looking for him . ’ |
| 24 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 25 | He said , ‘ In fact , they 've been looking for him . |
| 26 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 27 | ‘ Professor Howard has been looking for you , ’ she informed me . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
| 30 | I 've been looking for you everywhere . |