Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where an employer seeks to impose new terms , he necessarily faces the problem of the previously bargained contract of employment and must initially show a sound good business reason to justify the changes when dismissals resulting from refusals to accept them are assessed for their fairness . |
| 2 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 3 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 4 | I am looking for her daily at Stromness . ’ |
| 5 | When he saw that , he called out , " My friend , have you seen El-ahrairah , for I am looking for him to give him my gift ? " |
| 6 | Almost as soon as he was nominated , Mr Mazowiecki said ‘ I am looking for my Ludwig Erhard ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ But , actually , I am looking for someone younger . ’ |
| 8 | I am looking for someone — at least , that was the original intention . |
| 9 | I am listening for your instruction ’ ( McGavran and Arn 1977:29 ) . |
| 10 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
| 11 | I am fighting for them as much as for the shareholders . |
| 12 | ‘ But I am paying for her services . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I will bring the shoes I am making for you now , the ones with the amethysts as decoration and I will expect payment for the work I 've done , mind . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth , ’ he replied amiably . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Not so long as I am working for you . ’ |
| 17 | I am paid for something I love doing . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't stop crying , 'cause I am crying for you . ’ |
| 19 | I am to stay for your sake . |
| 20 | I am running for everybody in Britain , irrespective of colour or creed . |
| 21 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 22 | I am arguing for something far more significant than that , and we might call it a case for ecological morality . |
| 23 | ‘ In a little while , Roger , I am waiting for someone . ’ |
| 24 | I am waiting for my Mama , and neither Martha nor Minna can comfort me . |
| 25 | I am waiting for it eagerly , as so few are to one 's mind in these days . |
| 26 | ‘ Why should I be punished for what Jason Prior 's tried to do to me — ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why should I be working for anyone ? ’ |
| 28 | If my chance does n't come sooner it will definitely come later and I 'm prepared for it . |
| 29 | I have n't had any contact yet with the new American administration , but I 'm hoping for something positive from that quarter soon . |
| 30 | I know I 'm trying for it I 'm trying for it . |