Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , er the C B I and other bodies are pressing for them to come down at once , er John Major has said it 's only a question of time . |
| 2 | A Vietnamese couple who had to leave their country and fled to the North Yorkshire market town of Kirkbymoorside 14 years ago , are returning to it to open a Chinese takeaway . |
| 3 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 4 | They 've been looking for me to take me back . ’ |
| 5 | He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties . |
| 6 | When he saw that , he called out , " My friend , have you seen El-ahrairah , for I am looking for him to give him my gift ? " |
| 7 | ‘ We are writing to you to ask for your support in our battle for men , ’ ‘ For too long now , we have had to endure an overly-sensitive onslaught from the feminists . |
| 8 | Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis . |
| 9 | I am writing to you to ask if it is possible to obtain drawings , designs and or working instructions for making what is known as a Steamer Chair . |
| 10 | Now I am writing to you to ask for your help , and I ca n't blame you if you do n't come . |
| 11 | Further to our meeting earlier this week , I am writing to you to outline how KPMG Peat Marwick ( ‘ KPMG ’ ) may assist you with your plans to establish a significant presence in Europe in [ ] services . |
| 12 | As promised , I am writing to you to explain why your Board and its financial advisors Purchase and Szell consider the Anglo-Welsh takeover bid to be wholly unacceptable and why we strongly recommend you to reject it . |
| 13 | I am writing to you to offer you an appointment in the grade of Curator Grade G on a casual ( ie temporary and non-pensionable ) basis to work in the , a department of the National Library of Scotland . |
| 14 | I am writing to you to pass on some information regarding Clown Loaches . |
| 15 | We are looking for it to have a reasonable rally this summer and we are positive about the dollar so we expect to make money out of currency as well . ’ |
| 16 | They want to have control over where they 're going , but they are looking for us to make suggestions and give guidance [ on the technology ] . |
| 17 | terms and conditions of engagement and as I said previously they are looking for us to provide them with spreads of expenditure of fees and , and Trevor 's looking into that . |
| 18 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 19 | Many of them received just over Christmas and parents and schools are looking to us to give them help er in providing for what is a very rapidly moving situation . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 21 | We 're depending on you to co-operate , surely you see that ? ’ |
| 22 | And Jesus had n't stopped speaking , but even as he 's saying that the these people are gathering around him , the tax gatherers , the sinners , the undesirables of society , they 're gathering around him to hear what he 's got to say . |
| 23 | The police have sor , have got a copy of our emergency evacuation procedures , at the moment we 're waiting for them to return it to us . |
| 24 | You ca n't think like that Has he died yet , sounds like you 're waiting for him to die ! |
| 25 | And erm you know , we 're waiting for him to come back and say , Yeah we need to talk . |
| 26 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 27 | They 're waiting for us to open the gate . ’ |
| 28 | We 're waiting for you to sit down properly then we 'll start giving you things like milk . |
| 29 | Ah well that 's what we 're all waiting for , we 're waiting for you to drop it ! |
| 30 | We 're waiting for you to start . |