Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] 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 | The sides of the tongue , which are raised for the preceding consonant , are lowered to allow air to escape over them ( this is called lateral release ) . |
| 18 | In most accounts of the aggregate demand function , the reasons which are advanced for the inverse relationship between AD and p reduce , in essence , to the interaction between three complementary mechanisms . |
| 19 | Apart from these texts there are a few which are revealing for the opposite reason : they deny the existence of a trust where it might have been expected . |
| 20 | Churchill agreed and decided that , regardless of the outcome of the talks about continuing the coalition into peacetime , ‘ any decisions which are needed for the supreme objects of FOOD and EMPLOYMENT in the years immediately after the war must be taken whether they involve legislation and whether they are controversial or not ’ . |
| 21 | The Accademia 's curator Annalisa Perissa Torrina has compiled detailed notes on each of the 221 drawings now in the Accademia and has identified the original sources of the reproductive drawings , 124 of which are reproduced for the first time . |
| 22 | All who are prepared for the ordained ministry are trained under considerable pressure of time and with an overcrowded curriculum . |
| 23 | But there are certain feelings and reactions in bereavement that are common to much of the animal kingdom , including the human race , and all who are caring for the bereaved need to be aware of them , as well as being ready to accept the tremendous range of responses that people can produce from time to time in their efforts to deal with their painful situation . |
| 24 | Those who are caring for the bereaved need to be prepared to expect all kinds of strange reactions and uncharacteristic behaviour from them occasionally . |
| 25 | Generally middle-aged , they may even have children who are working for the left-wing opposition , but their own closed environment has protected them from any understanding of the reality of their country . |
| 26 | Dundee club coach Stewart Harris , the Teamsport co-ordinator for basketball , is taking over from Lawrence Randak as coach to the student side who are preparing for the British Universities group tournament in Bath next week . |
| 27 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
| 28 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 29 | Tint the undercoat with whatever you are using for the final colour and you will get a good , even finish . |
| 30 | It is quite obvious that if all of you are going for the same niche in the marketplace , as is happening increasingly at present , then it will be a highly competitive situation where you will have to rely even more than usual on the superiority of your own skills or technology to bring you through . |