Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] be [v-ing] 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 | You would have thought he was practising for his memoirs . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |