Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What were you erm what were you s how come you were waiting for Jim tonight ? |
| 2 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |
| 3 | And then as we was coming home from Pete 's , a chap stopped us and asked us where was so I told him where was he said I 'm looking for a little black and white house I said it 's right there look ! |
| 4 | Chairman Murray had said he was looking for an apology from Crosby over rumours linking the Sunderland boss in a reunion with former manager Denis Smith at Bristol City . |
| 5 | Subsidised rates of interest are needed it is argued for times when interest rates are high due to monetary policy as in the 1990's , which might discourage start-ups and result in bankruptcies of small firms if loans are not available , and because rates charged by financial institutions are too high . |
| 6 | You would have thought he was practising for his memoirs . |
| 7 | AN election candidate was last night accused of abusing democracy after some of the people who signed his nomination papers said they were not told he was standing for the far-Right British National Party . |
| 8 | When it is demolished it is lost for good and can only be duplicated at considerable expense . |
| 9 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 10 | Two have since been found they were advertised for sale in Darlington but the third , which she had as a foal , is still missing . |
| 11 | This confused Benny at first , until she realized that they must have been going deeper into the complex , while Froebe would have assumed she was making for the outside . |
| 12 | It is believed they were heading for the South Shields area when they disappeared Witness plea : Police have appealed for witnesses to a disturbance in the Albert Street and Princess Square area of central Harrogate on Friday . |
| 13 | JOHN Major survived the challenge to topple him from Downing Street last night but one leading minister revealed the Government had believed it was heading for defeat . |
| 14 | It was a brief letter from an address in Chelsea , telling him that the writer had heard he was looking for a sibling , affirming that the writer of the letter was probably that person , and suggesting a meeting . |
| 15 | If Di Haine 's Smooth Escort makes the cut for the Grand National at Aintree tomorrow he could be worth a sporting each-way bet as his trainer has always maintained he was made for the marathon . |
| 16 | Six months before she was due to be released she was assessed for admission to a special hospital , at the request of the prison psychiatrist ; two months later she was transferred to Moss Side hospital . |
| 17 | Yesterday , two of them told The Northern Dr Clarke had not mentioned he was standing for the BNP , and that they would not have signed had he said so . |
| 18 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |