Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your sums all right I 'm looking for concentrating sums at school because Bobby , every night and I feel that sums are the |
| 2 | Then we all have a family dinner in the evening , and by around 9.30pm I 'm aching for sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth , ’ he replied amiably . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm waiting for you to ask me how I am . ’ |
| 5 | So I am fighting for the profession . |
| 6 | so I 'm looking for one other thing which is not too big and not too small |
| 7 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 8 | So I was looking for , I did n't know where it was and I thought well |
| 9 | So I were working for nothing really . |
| 10 | and suddenly she was listening for dogs |
| 11 | So basically she was looking for a job . |
| 12 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 13 | Right , yeah , outcomes , perhaps you 're looking for . |
| 14 | Er Chairman I 'm perhaps I could also suggest that we change the word suggested erm because that i i it , perhaps you are looking for something slightly stronger erm er so it could just say in accordance with paragraphs two four to two nine or the points made in paragraph two point |
| 15 | But perhaps you are going for business reasons . " |
| 16 | Perhaps you 're thinking about a new car or a holiday ; a house deposit or a home improvement scheme ; a wedding or family celebration ; perhaps you are preparing for your retirement . |
| 17 | So she 's going for a day there . |
| 18 | So you 're looking for attention probably more than anything . |
| 19 | So you 're looking for a conductor . |
| 20 | So you 're looking for , values of X , that will make the gradient zero . |
| 21 | So you 're looking for mm well if she 's ten at the moment you 're looking at ten years plus I suppose . |
| 22 | so you 're looking for them be eighty fives |
| 23 | So you 're going for a five six to five nine , thirteen nine to fourteen six , thirteen seven to fourteen five . |
| 24 | So you 're going for the hour slots are n't you really ? |
| 25 | So you 're paying for he you 're paying for the |
| 26 | So you 're paying for a service really are n't you ? |
| 27 | So you were looking for a psycho . |
| 28 | Basically we 're looking for a we 're looking for another cleaner . |
| 29 | Perhaps we are reaching for object-oriented technology as our great-grandparents used to reach for the ‘ cure-all ’ medicines sold by the travelling salesmen of the 19th century . |
| 30 | What about the day she collapsed in the the hairdressers and only we 're going for a drink . |