Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill . |
| 2 | Public opinion does not go unheeded , and disabled people are not the only group which is asking for its own wishes and opinions to be recognised . |
| 3 | Tupper , robust in his comment as always , regarded the " employment of cheap Chinese labour as an act of treachery towards the British Nation which was fighting for its life " . |
| 4 | Three days after leaving Alexandria the whole column met up with Timpson 's LRDG patrol , which was waiting for them . |
| 5 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
| 6 | ‘ Now you know I 've no right to be here , ’ she said , ‘ I want you to know what 's waiting for me if ever I get taken back . |
| 7 | And of course being on the air current it went on its way back and what was waiting for it here ? |
| 8 | What was waiting for you . |