Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police wo n't know who they 're looking for . |
| 2 | They do n't you know who they 're looking for ? |
| 3 | After a time the others go off to search for ‘ Smee ’ — but of course they do n't know who they are looking for . |
| 4 | You must know who you are writing for . |
| 5 | I do n't know who you 're looking for and I do n't want to know but even I can see that whoever it is he wo n't be overjoyed to see you … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Only , ’ she said aloud , ‘ only , we do not really know what we are looking for . ’ |
| 7 | I mean if you could You know what we 're looking for now . |
| 8 | But is n't it the ignorance of the people because the people are ignorant and they actually do n't know what they 're voting for |
| 9 | They do n't know what they 're voting for . |
| 10 | Well they check a number of things , but Sarah do you know what they 're looking for ? |
| 11 | I suppose even sort of , with a with a plumber , you know , y you do n't I mean , I suppose they do n't always know what they 're looking for . |
| 12 | ‘ How can I do a miracle if I do n't know what they 're asking for ? ’ |
| 13 | That was my original they had a competition to look out for people who 've got ideas about this new idea , it was a ridiculous idea to do a competition cos people did n't know what they were entering for , half the parishes were n't notified about it , |
| 14 | They did n't know what they were hoping for quite honestly |
| 15 | We did n't know what they were looking for in them . |
| 16 | They did n't know what they were looking for , any more than we did . |
| 17 | ‘ the exercise assumed that academics would know what they were looking for ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , shit , I do n't know what you 're looking for , but I 'm damn sure I know what you 'll find . ’ |
| 19 | No I do n't know what you 're looking for . |
| 20 | I said , I do n't know what you 're bothering for . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're waiting for , Jim . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know what I am looking for , and I do n't find it . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you know what I 'm looking for ? ’ |
| 24 | But Regan wilfully distorts this into the implication that we can never say in advance that a given proposal has been drawn up by an incompetent researcher who does n't know what he is looking for … |
| 25 | I do n't know what he was looking for , some guilt , some shame , some scandal , I do n't know — but it just is n't there , I suppose . |
| 26 | No movement that he could see , with or without the aid of the binoculars — but then he did n't really know what he was looking for , whilst Windeler had seemed far more assured . |
| 27 | He did n't know what he was looking for . |
| 28 | Was the vicious rumour that he had turned up late after a liquid lunch and did n't know what he was voting for true ? |
| 29 | He did n't know what he was lying for . |
| 30 | Here , do you know what she 's doing for the Body Shop now ? |