Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A first time garden is usually small and certainly the typical one I am imagining for this series is no more than 40ft x 20ft and surrounded on all sides by other houses . |
| 2 | ‘ I am doomed for all eternity . ’ |
| 3 | A paying consumer at least feels he or she can say , ‘ I am paying for this service . |
| 4 | When I arrive outside the refuge where I am to stay for several weeks ; it is a house with no name . |
| 5 | I 'm looking for some smokes to smoke . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm looking for this girl . |
| 7 | Oh it 's not a case of putting the world to rights I 'm looking for this bacon |
| 8 | I 'm looking for another entrance . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak . ’ |
| 10 | At 9.15 am , after his sand save on the 18th , he said : ‘ I 'm going for another kip . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So I 'm asking for another week , Hilary . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm dying for some punch . |
| 13 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 14 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 15 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 16 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 17 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 18 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 19 | Mind you , when I was skivvying for that Brixton fam'ly , the head of the fam'ly did n't 'alf take a fancy to me . ’ |
| 20 | She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job . |
| 21 | less than an hour , oh I was waiting for those results well I 'd drink me tea as well obviously but |
| 22 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
| 23 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
| 24 | Well that 's what I thought I was going for this morning as well as that one . |
| 25 | Not really no , I was working for another firm by this time . |
| 26 | How long have you been waiting for this car , a while have n't you Spen ? |
| 27 | Like me , you know the Abbe Gerard was murdered , and you are looking for that book , a gift from our royal master which , by rights , should now be returned to its proper owner . ’ |
| 28 | When you are looking for such opportunities , however , beware of allowing visual images to blind you to potential problems . |
| 29 | First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’ |
| 30 | The lesson is that you must always keep your defences strong so that you are prepared for any situation . |