Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I know you you were telling me you you were applying for erm to get meals on wheels , but you ha that has n't come through yet . |
| 2 | I was down at Wentworth and I saw Dicky Powell , the caddie-master , and he asked me who I was working for . |
| 3 | Ask him what he 's saving for — is he worried about redundancy ? |
| 4 | Leith thought crossly , and felt quite annoyed that Rosemary 's father was clearly asking her what she was calling for . |
| 5 | N : ‘ Hello , is it me you 're looking for ? ’ |
| 6 | I just wondered , it , it what I was looking for , it he is the world championship or something like that . |
| 7 | Yeah and you wo n't if , do you , wo n't have to tell 'em what you 're getting for doing it , you 're just , you 're just doing it for interest so to speak |
| 8 | ‘ Tell me what we 're looking for . ’ |
| 9 | He left when he was eighteen , presumably with the cry so often heard from those who look for instant wisdom in courses designed primarily to foster skills by which such discrimination may be attained : " the course can not give me what I am looking for " . |
| 10 | ‘ Tell me what I 'm looking for again , I 've forgotten , ’ said Tuppe . |
| 11 | Party leaders in many republics have been openly demanding one : it seems only a matter of time before the president offers them what they are asking for . |
| 12 | then I think , we have n't , I think we 're getting better at attracting women into services and and providing what they 're looking for but we need to hear from them what they 're looking for , erm er with , from those services . |
| 13 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 14 | Oh well he 's asked them what he was asking for it then ? |
| 15 | As for the Irish , bless ‘ em , well … sure and bejabbers , they 'll be back in the morning to tell us what they 're having for dinner today … |