Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am suggesting for an understanding of the workings of television generic fiction and its associated forms of subjectivity ( or , indeed , of narrative cinema and its subjectivity ) , is that it may be more fruitful if we approach it as an historical development of the complex , theoretical genre of novelistic discourse rather than as a collection of autonomous elementary , historical genres . |
| 2 | In denying that bilinguals are special in this respect , I am arguing for an approach to the study of linguistic interactions which bridges the old barrier between " variationist " studies , which deal with social and stylistic variation in " monolingual " , socially stratified speech communities , and " ethnographic " studies of code switching and related phenomena which are normally confined to bilingual or diglossic bidialectal communities . |
| 3 | I am negotiating for an agreement that reflects our national interests and is also in the interests of a wider Europe . |
| 4 | I 'm looking for an opening with a stockbroker … " |
| 5 | Now I 'm looking for an apartment to call my own , then I will be able to leave all my bags there and have something to return to . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm looking for an eyewitness , ma'am . ’ |
| 7 | I felt elated , especially when he said , ‘ I 'm looking for an actor just like you . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm working for an edition of Randolph Henry Ash . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm working for an estate agent and sharing a rather run-down flat in the Bayswater Road with two other girls . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm waiting for an explanation . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm sorry , I 'm asking for an answer really , yes or no . |
| 12 | I 'm longing for an answer . |
| 13 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
| 14 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
| 15 | ‘ I think , ’ he murmured softly , ‘ I was looking for an excuse to shake you … ’ |
| 16 | Warrants to subscribe may be attractive to higher rate taxpayers who are looking for an opportunity for capital growth but without current income . |
| 17 | If you are pitching for an account , appearing on television or radio , making a significant speech , always have a company Gofer with you . |
| 18 | it is advisable , if you are looking for an investment , to buy the best . |
| 19 | If you are looking for an essence ( or a blend of essences ) for a health problem or for skin care , consult the therapeutic cross-references or the skin care chart in this chapter . |
| 20 | Like all females , you 're bristling for an apology . |
| 21 | So , if you 're looking for an action packed fun-filled summertime in one of the classiest hotels on the island with all the advantages of Club Choice — then look no further . |
| 22 | If you 're looking for an outsider , the obvious name is Andre Agassi |
| 23 | It 's also very good again if you 're going on your committee meeting or you 're going for an interview to rub on what they call the solar plexus just here . |
| 24 | Should you be looking for an image manipulation and scanning package , include this on your shortlist . |
| 25 | ‘ If I did n't know just how much you like your job I might actually think you were looking for an escape from it . ’ |
| 26 | * Is your sickness due to an accident which happened while you were working for an employer ? |
| 27 | * Is your sickness due to a prescribed industrial disease caused by conditions at work , while you were working for an employer ? |
| 28 | That did n't impress John Jones from Risbury in Herefordshire , who 's waiting for an operation on his knees . |
| 29 | And she was going for an interview for a new job tomorrow . ’ |
| 30 | they , they all sitting on , a few of us sitting on the seat , the girl that was all shaky she was going for an interview at a Birmingham University another lady was going on to Northfield |