Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they 're speaking for everyone , but they 're not . |
| 2 | 'Cos you 're on the dole , as soon as your money comes — I mean you 're prayin' for your money to come — as soon as it comes it goes . |
| 3 | I know I 'm trying for it I 'm trying for it . |
| 4 | I know it 's harrowing for you , but think hard . |
| 5 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 6 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 7 | You feel you 're begging for something that is n't there . |
| 8 | I mean they 're paying for us to go for a meal you ca n't go dressed like |
| 9 | ‘ I think I am talking for us all when I say that we will gladly work for nothing , just until matters improve , we have all been so happy here at Summer Lodge and each and every one of us would like to stay with you wherever you go . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No ; she 's not married yet ; I think she 's waiting for you . ’ |
| 11 | If you do n't have a man , even the plainest ones think you 're dying for it . ’ |
| 12 | I think we 're auditioning for summat when they listen to this . |
| 13 | Oh , I think they 're waiting for us Eleni , it does n't matter , bye . |
| 14 | ‘ I think he 's looking for his mother . ’ |
| 15 | for something , I , I think he was going for his skin |
| 16 | Yes , he took a deflection off erm Andy Melville , I think he was going for his second , and erm I just managed to you know , just get down to my left and just keep it there , and it just sort of stuck so I was pleased with that . |
| 17 | ‘ You think he was waiting for someone ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I wish you were staying for it ! ’ she exclaimed sadly . |
| 19 | But the more tapes I do and when I 've she 's coming for it eleven o'clock next Friday . |
| 20 | ‘ How long have you been searching for me ? ’ |
| 21 | One of the accusations used and levelled against er against Christianity against the , the evangelical message , against things like the , the mission of Graham and , and others is that it , it does n't meet the needs the , the material needs of people but if you deal with the persons spiritual needs , if their sins are forgiven , those problems that are causing the material problem , it 's amazing how there are dealt with as well , the best way to sober up a person , the best way to deal with a person who 's an alcoholic , the best way to deal with a person who is a drug addict , the best way to deal with a person who , who commits adultery is not by telling them the wrongs of those things , it 's not by trying to , to , to do , to , to , you know , to , to counsel them it 's presenting the gospel allowing Jesus Christ to come into their lives and to forgive them , that will make the person sober quicker than all the counselling in the world and Paul says I brought you the most important the fundamental thing , that Christ died for our sins Paul again when he 's writing to the Romans in chapter five and verse eight he says but God demonstrates his own love towards us , in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us so God did in Jesus Christ what we could n't do for ourselves , so all of you have sin , so all of my sin , and he came and he died on the cross and as he was dying there was that transmit there , for he was n't dying for his own sin buy he was dying for your sin and for mine , it was all piled on him and so when we except what Christ has done , when we come to that place and yes I believe that you died for me , |