Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
2 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
3 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
4 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
5 | But they 're waiting for him at the telecottage , a converted school which is due to run out of HIE and BT funding soon and is aiming to become a profitable business , specialising in desk-top publishing , graphic design and printing . |
6 | ‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’ |
7 | ‘ They 're waiting for you in the alley way at the back of the shop . |
8 | Everything had been going so well this time ; leaving Glasgow on Saturday anticipation had been high , Amanda had even been waiting for him on the pavement outside her flat . |
9 | Although the citadel had been rebuilt by the Emperor Gia Long in 1802 , its palaces and temples had been designed and constructed faithfully in the style favoured by China 's Ming emperors and at the entrance to the Dai Noi , the Imperial City itself , Tran Van Hieu had been waiting for him in the shadow of the Ngo Mon , the " Bull Gate " roofed in gold tiles like the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Peking . |
10 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |
11 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
12 | As a result , a patient can relate to one group of staff during the waking hours , and knows that the same staff will be caring for him during the night period . |
13 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
14 | The photographer would be waiting for her by the exhibition stand in twenty minutes or so . |
15 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
16 | ‘ No doubt the news will be waiting for me around the garrison by now , ’ he said . |
17 | Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ? |
18 | They would be waiting for him at the train 's next scheduled stop , the guard would see to that . |
19 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |
20 | He should be waiting for you in the transport yard at the back . ’ |
21 | ‘ Sophia will be waiting for us at the vicarage , ’ said Mrs Grandison . |
22 | With a bit of luck , she would be begging for it by the time he came back . |
23 | I am happy to say that the farmers of the United Kingdom believe in this ministerial team and in the Government , who are fighting for them against the proposals of the European Community . |
24 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
25 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
26 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
27 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
28 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
29 | Ranulf and Dame Agatha were waiting for him near the Galilee Gate , the young nun apparently enjoying an account of one of his manservant 's many escapades in London . |
30 | It was partly because he got a weird buzz out of scaring himself half to death , and partly because he felt it was a kind of exorcism , to convince him he had control over his fears — and the horrors that were waiting for him round the corner of sleep . |