Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 2 | I am merely asking for an extension of the logic which is already so well known to Marsham street . |
| 3 | The club say they are already looking for a replacement . |
| 4 | " She 's right , " the maid grinned , " you are just looking for a body to practise on . " |
| 5 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 6 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 7 | It 's never going to rumble through the floor in the way that a similarly priced 4x10 would , but they 're obviously catering for a gap in the market which is n't being filled very successfully . |
| 8 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 9 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 10 | We 're just going for a ride on one , I hope . ’ |
| 11 | You 're just paying for the convenience , are n't you , really with tea-bags , that they 're just all sealed , you know . |
| 12 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 13 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
| 14 | They 're still looking for the murder weapon , believed to be a tyre lever . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're still waiting for a signal from the SDLP and Dublin . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're still waiting for a signal from the SDLP and Dublin . |
| 17 | Take people to objections , take them to where you want them to be and bear in mind you 're always looking for an objection |
| 18 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 19 | Carl : ‘ No we 've deliberately shied away from doing remixes with Boys Own and so forth , because you 're really asking for a backlash for starters and also so many dance mixes sound really soft , like PWL productions . |
| 20 | Carl : ‘ No we 've deliberately shied away from doing remixes with Boys Own and so forth , because you 're really asking for a backlash for starters and also so many dance mixes sound really soft , like PWL productions . |
| 21 | We 're silently praying for the moment we can plead sunburn and hide all out mottled bits under the outsize bullfight T-shirt . |
| 22 | Moreover , disc junkies are said to spend hours happily bending over and going through the layers of CDs , are always hunting for a bargain and collectable item , and seldom believe in paying the full listed price . |
| 23 | I am still searching for the answer to that one . |
| 24 | I am still waiting for an answer . |
| 25 | ‘ We are still searching for the money , but most of it was blown away . |
| 26 | Detectives are still searching for the murder weapon , probably a wooden handled knife . |
| 27 | Tangmere are still looking for a home for T-33A 19252 — more details on . |
| 28 | The village hall committee are still looking for a secretary . |
| 29 | THE LA 's are still looking for a producer for their next album , after plans to work with PETE TOWNSHEND were scrapped . |
| 30 | The agent 's problem with acts who are still looking for a deal is how to judge their potential for success . |