Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 2 | Now that the main task of supplying those prisoners with a correspondent has been achieved , I am again appealing for help , this time in forming an organisation for the purpose of helping both prisoners and ourselves . |
| 3 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
| 5 | And she said : ‘ When I am not training for hockey I play football . |
| 6 | I am very pushed for money , Alice — do you understand that ? |
| 7 | I am currently searching for sponsorship so that we can publish and circulate the report widely next month . |
| 8 | ‘ The one that says you own the world and all that 's in it , that says you ca n't for the life of you figure out why I 'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of staying on here , in this house , as your grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 9 | Clare said , ‘ I 'm not looking for Prince Charming . |
| 10 | I 'm not looking for attention . |
| 11 | I feel that we need now new blood on the committee , and coupled with the fact that I 've done one one more year than the constitution says I should , I 'm not standing for reelection as Chairman . |
| 12 | I 'm not asking for money or taking anything from you . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not asking for pity . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'm not asking for permission to touch you . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not asking for capital . |
| 16 | It said : ‘ I 'm much criticised for part of a written order under my signature which includes a sentence that the Yugoslavian nationals were not to be told their destination . |
| 17 | And like , Scott told me and thinking about it if I 'd of been in in the frame , frame of mind that I 'm in know for example , I would of sort of pah ! |
| 18 | ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work . |
| 19 | I 'm still fighting for compensation . |
| 20 | If I 'm ever strapped for cash I 'll cruise around . |
| 21 | When we got there I was immediately admitted for observation . |
| 22 | I was generally pressed for time in my few day in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well as it deserved . |
| 23 | I was generally pressed for time in my few days in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well s it deserved . |
| 24 | I was n't looking for trouble . |
| 25 | No , sorry I was n't asking for view on the exercise done by Mr . |
| 26 | I 'm all dirty , I was really waiting for daddy to come back up . |
| 27 | I was about to leave for school and I walked out the door without my skirt on . |
| 28 | In February 1990 , while I was still Minister for Housing , I wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer : ‘ There must be a danger now of a demand squeeze turning into a real threat to supply-side confidence . |
| 29 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sure Kinsella 's boss , being a member of the legal profession , will be shocked when he learns that an employee of his was once convicted for embezzlement . ’ |