Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’ |
| 2 | Following a last salute to all old friends and listeners everywhere , we finished with that popular cowboy dirge , ‘ I 'm Headin' for the Last Round-Up ! ’ |
| 3 | I 'm looking for the magical pleasureboat , to carry us off and lose us in a kingdom out at sea . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm looking for the Crowned Head , ’ he said . |
| 5 | well I like singing it , what I mean , I think what it is I 'm looking for the old , I 'm not being funny , I 'm looking for the old voice |
| 6 | well I like singing it , what I mean , I think what it is I 'm looking for the old , I 'm not being funny , I 'm looking for the old voice |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all about money , I 'm looking for the heavy readies , not the glory . |
| 8 | I 'm looking for the German U boats , when er that 's the beginning of the German U boat |
| 9 | I 'm baking for the whole week beforehand ! |
| 10 | I 'm paying for the lousy thing , and that 's the end of that . " |
| 11 | I 'm waiting for the hot water , mm |
| 12 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 13 | Er no sir , I 'm waiting for the next item . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm waiting for the National Guard so I can go home , ’ he jokes . |
| 15 | I 'm going for the full set . |
| 16 | We 're two thirds of the way along I thought , Sheila , I said , I 'm heading for the wrong bridge . |
| 17 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 18 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 19 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 20 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 21 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 22 | Maybe I was hoping for the impossible — that they 'd control their situation once they reached the football stadiums . |
| 23 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 24 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 25 | It was gratifying to me that he approved the political and economic articles I was writing for the New English Weekly . |
| 26 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 27 | I was waiting for the other half when Oliver fled . |
| 28 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 29 | I was waiting for The Headless Horseman Three … |
| 30 | Here was silly old me thinking I was working FOR the fantastic IPC . |