Example sentences of "[indef pn] be [verb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice sounded odd to him , as if someone were speaking for him . |
| 2 | No it was just it was just that he , he , he wound you , he wound up , he said oh someone 's looking for you cos he wanted to get rid of him |
| 3 | Her story reminds me of that old Christian Aid appeal for collectors , showing an elderly lady at a lace-curtained window , with the caption ‘ Someone is waiting for you ’ . |
| 4 | Someone was waiting for him . |
| 5 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 6 | In every prima facae case there are always anomalies if somebody is looking for them . ’ |
| 7 | So if if nobody was looking for it or if they were n't used to the machines , examining the machines , they would n't know it was there . |
| 8 | But nobody was prepared for it , to take it and that 's how it was . |
| 9 | So why should one be punished for it ? |
| 10 | I was expectant of something being done for me , it might even have been a creation of the DHSS . |
| 11 | ‘ I have written to Mrs Ogilvy and enquired of her if Gigia might , for a consideration , and everything being arranged for her , if she might accept a travelling companion . ’ |
| 12 | Everything is done for him . |
| 13 | For some people , the joy of being a tourist is that they do n't have to think , everything is done for them . |
| 14 | Thursday the tenth of February on Wednesday the ninth , now this is all on the assumption that everything is going for us |
| 15 | Its not as if everything 's done for you here . |
| 16 | ‘ No one 's asked for it yet . ’ |
| 17 | Many people who had never been abroad before were happy to let the tour operator take the strain and send them off on holidays where everything was organized for them . |
| 18 | I mean Margaret used to come in and everything was done for her , I mean she never had to do a thing well that hit her terribly you see . |
| 19 | Everything was waiting for you , she pointed out , and everything was going to be all right . |
| 20 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |
| 21 | Strolling rather than walking he reached the point where the footpath to Trebyan left the road ; it was by no means obvious unless one was looking for it : a ditch , a screen of willows , and a stile all but covered with ivy . |
| 22 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 23 | Therefore no more is needed for an event to be an effect , at least in so far as relations of conditionality are concerned , than that the event was such that another one was required for it . |
| 24 | That one was taken for us at Kristof Laszlo 's studio — you 'd have to ask him about it . ’ |
| 25 | Why do n't you ask the name of the governess , and why everybody is looking for her ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think they knew anyone was looking for them . ’ |
| 27 | Everyone 's looking for him ! |
| 28 | ’ Everyone 's looking for y' , Del ’ Frejji said . |
| 29 | A series of complex and powerful planetary influences suggest that everyone 's gunning for you this month . |
| 30 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |