Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , lest any Scots are looking for replacements for their back row , Ian is as Afrikaans as the ‘ Bok of days gone by who , when asked about language difficulties in France , replied that two expressions were all that was necessary : ‘ Parlez-vous and Kamer toe ’ ( Afrikaans for ‘ to the room ? ’ ) ! |
| 2 | You 're going to Ireland for your honeymoon . |
| 3 | 'Right , I 'll help you — you 're having an affair with a man' — I said no ; ‘ you 're having an affair with the lollipop lady ’ — nearly there ; ‘ you 're going to prison for something or other ’ — no ; ‘ you 're having an affair with the lollipop lady ’ — well not quite the lollipop lady but a lady all the same . |
| 4 | Yes , we 're interviewing so we 're interviewing on Friday for somebody to fill that post . |
| 5 | I 've been waiting for years for someone to do that . ’ |
| 6 | The nursing home to which her husband has her committed after her eccentricity has become dangerous , and from which she and the other residents are eventually ejected to be cared for by an amorphous ‘ community ’ , might have been lying in wait for her from the day she was born . |
| 7 | If you are going to work for somebody else , then you 'll need to prepare a record of your abilities and experience . |
| 8 | ‘ Mrs Shakespeare , ’ said the interviewer , ‘ now that we know what the terrorists are asking in return for your son 's life , has your view of the situation changed ? ’ |
| 9 | So the stores are letting off work for us then , are they ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm looking for lodgings for me and my grandfather , ’ she said . |
| 11 | I 'm looking after things for him . " |
| 12 | It would simply be asking for trouble for me to spend the night here . ’ |
| 13 | cantona will not play any more home games at Old Trafford because ‘ it does not feel right ’ nor will he play more games in Paris ‘ because he is not in love with Paris anymore ’ and thus will not be playing for France for their vital clash with Bulgaria unless ‘ le match ’ is moved to another city … ( the first is a joke — the second is true ; at least according to norw. papers ) |
| 14 | If er there was a crisis and there was a need for a rush order er one would be talking of weeks for something that is predesigned to start coming off the production line . |
| 15 | I 've been dealing with enquiries for our products all day . |
| 16 | It says they are fighting for freedom for their people . |
| 17 | We then came back to London where fortunately no journalists or television crews were lying in wait for us , because the mission had been unofficial . |
| 18 | In addition it was assumed that if there were insufficient jobs in Britain , other economies , such as those of America and Australia , were waiting for labour for their own development . |
| 19 | It made her forget her past sorrows , but she knew they were waiting like wolves for their moment to attack . |
| 20 | But lots of things were falling into place for me . |
| 21 | That night , even as Grant 's and Springfield 's combined troops were mustering in Rockford for their council of war , the Prophet returned to his luxurious city apartment from the final meeting of his latest highly successful and highly profitable crusade . |
| 22 | Firstly , Dustin is hidden under a folding bed which he is repairing in readiness for his first sexual experience , and then he is off-camera , talking to his parents , in the one comic-satiric scene that Woody Allen might not have disowned . |
| 23 | it 's raining in time for us to go to school , come on |
| 24 | I swear , he 's dying of love for you , and he 'll be in the grave by next summer unless you help him ! |
| 25 | In addition the firm is looking at opportunities for its World News on US cable channels . |
| 26 | ESSEX County Council is looking for entrants for its 1993 Amenity Society Award Scheme . |
| 27 | Mark Proud , 17 , of Roseberry Road , Stockton , is looking for sponsors for his solo jaunt , which starts on June 22 . |
| 28 | A young mother says she 's living in fear for her life after a threatening phone call from the man who kidnapped her at gunpoint . |
| 29 | Ferruzzi is hunting for partners for its troubled chemicals businesses , and is talking with Royal Dutch/Shell about a possible deal in plastics . |
| 30 | But I ca n't explain it , it 's as if the devil himself is down there , and there 's this horrible smell that chokes you and at the same time you get the feeling that something evil is lying in wait for you . |