Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [is] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | or somebody 's looking for this or somebody 's looking for that |
| 2 | or somebody 's looking for this or somebody 's looking for that |
| 3 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 4 | The growth of mail-order suppliers ( particularly for central heating ) and of do-it-yourself ‘ superstores ’ has made buying a less daunting task — no longer need the amateur feel embarrassed about not knowing exactly what he or she is looking for . |
| 5 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 6 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 7 | The summons is returned to you , or whoever is acting for you , by the Sheriff clerk with two dates marked on it . |
| 8 | Erm once the development er that would have been g going into Selby actually goes into the new settlement then it 's me it 's either meeting the new settlement 's er sorry the the it 's either meeting the goals of Greater York , in which case that 's been taken away from Selby , or it 's substituting for Selby . |
| 9 | 1 You work in an estate agency and someone is looking for a property for £30,000 . |
| 10 | They said he was mentally deficient , and if people like you get your way , they 'll kill off children like he was , and then … ’ ‘ … you 're trying to make science into the new religion , that 's what you 're doing , and it 's a … ’ ‘ … and who 's paying for your filthy experiments ? |
| 11 | This is one hell of an angry Duchess and she 's looking for trouble . |
| 12 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 13 | Julie says she was never told about the risk of toxoplasmosis … and she 's calling for all pregnant women to be screened for the infection : |
| 14 | I 'm late , and she 's waiting for me . |
| 15 | The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you . ’ |
| 16 | She 's give us twenty tapes and I 'm only tape five and she 's coming for 'em tomorrow . |
| 17 | And she is preparing for her own one-woman show next year . |
| 18 | I mean and everybody 's looking for that dream amount are n't they . |
| 19 | ‘ And he is looking for drugs ? ’ |
| 20 | Billy says his 12-year-old son , Mark , is very upset and he is appealing for anyone who is offered a snake for sale in suspicious circumstances to contact the police . |
| 21 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 22 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 23 | He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way . |
| 24 | And He is waitin' for you , Myles . |
| 25 | The company is also suing Prof Ian Oswald , a psychiatrist expert in the field of sleep and hypnotics , and he is counterclaiming for libel . |
| 26 | You 're in the nearside lane and you 're going uphill and er you 're trunking away quite nicely , you see a guy coming down in the fast lane , down the hill getting a bit of a roll on , fully laden , and he gets halfway up the hill , he runs out of steam and he 's looking for a hole to get into . |
| 27 | Some feedback now Jeff said okay he 's done this course before and he 's looking for feedback to see the level of his competence at this point , but everybody er I 'm sure you will agree by the end of tomorrow will have got feedback . |
| 28 | Charles Pollard says soft sentencing is letting criminals get off lightly , and he 's calling for urgent reform of the criminal justice system . |
| 29 | A decade on he wants to return to the islands and he 's advertising for a Herefordshire woman to accompany him . |
| 30 | In Hereford and Worcestershire , Conservatives control education decisions , but only by the casting vote of the chairman , and HE 'S standing for re-election as an independent in the county elections , because he 's unhappy about |