Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me tell you about the Barking women most of them are dead , some of them are working for local authority . |
| 2 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am doomed for all eternity . ’ |
| 4 | A paying consumer at least feels he or she can say , ‘ I am paying for this service . |
| 5 | ‘ I am planning for next season , even though I am not sure what the future holds . |
| 6 | ‘ If I kiss you , will I be prosecuted for sexual harassment when we get back to England ? ’ |
| 7 | I 'm hoping for brisker trade on the road . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't think I 'm constructed for physical labour . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm looking for controlled aggression and strict discipline at all times . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm looking for this girl . |
| 11 | Oh it 's not a case of putting the world to rights I 'm looking for this bacon |
| 12 | I 'm looking for another entrance . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm waiting for high tide . ’ |
| 14 | At 9.15 am , after his sand save on the 18th , he said : ‘ I 'm going for another kip . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So I 'm asking for another week , Hilary . |
| 16 | Will you both come to a little party I 'm planning for next week ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm dying for some punch . |
| 18 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 19 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 20 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 21 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 22 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 23 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 24 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 25 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 26 | She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job . |
| 27 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
| 28 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
| 29 | Well that 's what I thought I was going for this morning as well as that one . |
| 30 | Not really no , I was working for another firm by this time . |