Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think that a few words from me are called for , as you say . ’ |
| 2 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 3 | What have I been criticized for at work ? |
| 4 | This one er what 's , what 's going on , he said well what I been called for |
| 5 | What have I been praised for at work ? |
| 6 | I reckon I should nearly be home by now — I been walking for ages . |
| 7 | I reckon I been walking for hours now . |
| 8 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 9 | Aycliffe and I are trying for a way to have the will stand . |
| 10 | ‘ Pettigrew and I are going for a stroll , ’ said Mark , who had been finding the atmosphere of the tea room rather oppressive and not really what he had come to Rome for . |
| 11 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 12 | The eighty six million pounds I am providing for care in the community is an increase of almost fifty million pounds on nineteen build on the introduction of the service in ninety three , ninety four year . |
| 13 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 14 | Almost as soon as he was nominated , Mr Mazowiecki said ‘ I am looking for my Ludwig Erhard ’ . |
| 15 | I am looking for photographs , from 1926 to the present day , of ladies or family groups in period dress together with cars , if possible Jaguar cars . |
| 16 | So I let her just pass , and said , ‘ Oh , darling , I am looking for a new ‘ element ’ … ’ ; and after half an hour the manager came back to me and said that she was sitting upstairs weeping . |
| 17 | I am looking for a 2hr 8min pace and I prepared to take it up if it falls below that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But , actually , I am looking for someone younger . ’ |
| 19 | I am looking for short biographies of female scientists — of any discipline — for use in school . |
| 20 | I believe you are exactly what I am looking for . |
| 21 | He stormed : ‘ I am looking for a dramatic improvement in our defending . |
| 22 | I am looking for a people who will come on bended knee , |
| 23 | I am looking for a people who will come on bended knee . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I am looking for a receptionist . |
| 25 | ‘ Now I am looking for Nigel to produce his club form . |
| 26 | this makes quick reference easier as I can see at a glance whether the magazine has the pattern I am looking for . |
| 27 | 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 ? " |
| 28 | Of course while they may be imagining that they are bending my ear and creating a good impression , they are also providing me with the kind of evidence I am looking for about the gendered and generational aspects of this kind of racism . |
| 29 | " I am looking for the Reed Girl . " |
| 30 | I am looking for someone — at least , that was the original intention . |