Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 2 | Let me tell you about the Barking women most of them are dead , some of them are working for local authority . |
| 3 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 4 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 5 | I am looking for short biographies of female scientists — of any discipline — for use in school . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A paying consumer at least feels he or she can say , ‘ I am paying for this service . |
| 8 | ‘ I am planning for next season , even though I am not sure what the future holds . |
| 9 | I 'm hoping for brisker trade on the road . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm looking for controlled aggression and strict discipline at all times . |
| 11 | I 'm looking for some smokes to smoke . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm looking for this girl . |
| 13 | Oh it 's not a case of putting the world to rights I 'm looking for this bacon |
| 14 | I 'm looking for another entrance . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm aiming for forty feet this time . |
| 16 | Well I do , I 'm waiting for two patterns are n't I ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm waiting for high tide . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak . ’ |
| 19 | this is what I 'm fighting for , I 'm fighting for equal rights , and I 'm fighting to get more women into further education cos I think it 's it 's a very basic that we all need to go into and it 's hard , and the openings are n't there women to go into , you 've got to fight for it , yeah ! |
| 20 | I 'm going for easy shots . |
| 21 | At 9.15 am , after his sand save on the 18th , he said : ‘ I 'm going for another kip . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So I 'm asking for another week , Hilary . |
| 23 | Will you both come to a little party I 'm planning for next week ? |
| 24 | I 'm 17 , an incurable romantic and I 'm dying for cheery letters ( all I ever seem to get are bank statements ) Quick ! |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm dying for some punch . |
| 26 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 27 | And I was looking for real ones this time . |
| 28 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 29 | ‘ I was looking for new challenges , and Cassell as a large independent commercial publisher offers me the scope to publish a wide range of books in a commercial environment . ’ |
| 30 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |