Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I am looking for 100 per cent loyalty . |
| 2 | It is I 'm looking for five er may be for each of those companies so that 's thirty people I could be looking for . |
| 3 | so I 'm looking for one other thing which is not too big and not too small |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm aiming for forty feet this time . |
| 5 | Two thousand four two thou two thousand five two thousand five hundred on the back row , at two thousand five hundred pounds , I 'm selling for two thousand five hundred two thousand six in time any more sir ? |
| 6 | There we are , there 's the Buddha up , up here on my left there it is showing for five hundred pounds at five hundred pounds I 'm offered thank you , five hundred is bid , and fifty , six hundred and fifty seven hundred and fifty eight hundred at eight hundred pounds , all done at eight hundred pounds , I 'm selling for eight hundred , any further bids at eight hundred pounds ? |
| 7 | Anybody else at three hundred and eighty pounds , I 'm selling for three hundred and eighty pounds three eighty and that 's number one O three . |
| 8 | At three hundred pounds I 'm selling for three hundred . |
| 9 | Well I do , I 'm waiting for two patterns are n't I ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm insured for five thousand , sir . ’ |
| 11 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 12 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 13 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 14 | I was hoping for 13 from games 7–12 and will be happy to achieve that . |
| 15 | I was to starve for thirty-six hours beforehand , take a powerful laxative and drink plenty of clear fluids ‘ including alcohol if you wish ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I was devastated for four months after finishing second to Woosnam last year , but now I realise the value of that defeat . |
| 17 | Suppose , for example , you are employed for three years , of which the first is to be spent abroad and the other two in Great Britain . |
| 18 | You know how it is Elsie when you go to the show in August and they have those horses jumping and you are waiting for one of the riders to fall off . |
| 19 | That 's not easy if you are sitting for three or four hours , but imperative if you 're watching nervous badgers . |
| 20 | well that would make your twenty would n't it because if you have four speakers and you 're aiming for sixteen punters |
| 21 | I thought ‘ interesting ’ and kept it for pet for about three weeks ; I called it George , and people would give me extra helpings ‘ because you 're eating for two now . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There 's hot coffee and croissants , then you 're to sleep for two days . |
| 23 | You 're looking for five thousand three hundred and eighty |
| 24 | You mean five squared , you mean five times five equals twenty five you 're looking for five squared , so that 's the right thing to write ! |
| 25 | In that case you 're looking for thirty five thirty six thousand which would be mister average in our company . |
| 26 | I mean when you 're looking for seventy thousand pounds savings you can only do two things . |
| 27 | Okay you know you 're looking for eight threes , what are eight threes ? |
| 28 | That 's no problem , so you 're looking for ten thousand pounds worth of life cover for yourself and then you 're looking for twenty eight to thirty thousand for your daughter projected forward |
| 29 | That 's no problem , so you 're looking for ten thousand pounds worth of life cover for yourself and then you 're looking for twenty eight to thirty thousand for your daughter projected forward |
| 30 | Yeah , cos if you 're going for fifty |