Example sentences of "i [be] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letter is interesting , though , for the light it casts on his rooted dread of mental imbalance , and on his horrified feeling that the unsatisfactory relations which had existed between himself and his father since eariy adolescence might somehow mar him for the rest of his life : You and I are both qualified for it [ neurosis ] because we were both afraid of our fathers as children . |
| 2 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 3 | This time it was a police sergeant , and when Joe went upstairs the sergeant said : " I am looking for Wg Cdr Mahaddie , and I am also looking for one of my constables , " Joe foolishly replied : We might have a wing commander here but we do n't have your constable . " |
| 4 | As I oversee the finishing touches of this Christmas issue of Pipeline , I am also preparing for a special production of my own ! |
| 5 | It also plays host to a number of strange , ghostly occurrences according to a book I belong to Glasgow by Bill Hamilton and Gordon Carsely , from which I am most obliged for the information . |
| 6 | Now that the main task of supplying those prisoners with a correspondent has been achieved , I am again appealing for help , this time in forming an organisation for the purpose of helping both prisoners and ourselves . |
| 7 | I am rarely lost for words to say what I mean |
| 8 | I want to take the initiative a step further , which is why I am now appealing for other British companies to join us in providing this help for our troops . |
| 9 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
| 10 | ‘ I am now looking for companies that want to add a new line to their range . ’ |
| 11 | I am now babysitting for people who have three children , who is 5 , who is 3 and who is about 1 . |
| 12 | ‘ I have lived in Dunstable in Bedfordshire , all my life , and I am now studying for A-levels in English , French and Business Studies at Manshead Upper School . |
| 13 | I am very pushed for money , Alice — do you understand that ? |
| 14 | I am only asking for my costs of £5,500 as I had to employ a barrister myself . |
| 15 | I am still searching for the answer to that one . |
| 16 | ‘ I am still waiting for what happened to Dylan to happen to me . |
| 17 | The then Opposition spokesman said that would quickly be done , but I am still waiting for Labour Members to choose the subject for debate in the Select Committee . |
| 18 | I am still waiting for an answer . |
| 19 | I am still waiting for to give me one or two ideas for his 18th birthday present — though I shall make the final decision ! ! |
| 20 | ‘ I am northward bound for Cape Wrath , ’ said Creggan purposefully , ‘ and will find territory there and make it mine . |
| 21 | I am always hoping for something better from the right hon. Gentlemens although , alas , I rarely get it . |
| 22 | I am currently searching for sponsorship so that we can publish and circulate the report widely next month . |
| 23 | I am often asked for this but it is difficult to obtain . |
| 24 | I am merely asking for an extension of the logic which is already so well known to Marsham street . |
| 25 | I am therefore appealing for funds and people prepared to help us raise them . |
| 26 | ‘ Now look , as my secretary has told you just the six times , I am totally booked for 1990 and I ca n't possibly … oh dear … |
| 27 | Then Richardson suggested Albie work for them on salary-in much the same way , I think to myself , that I am supposedly working for Carmichael . |
| 28 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
| 29 | No , I 'm just joking for the tape . |
| 30 | I 'm just thinking for this meeting if we could photocopy some |