Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [v-ing] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 2 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 3 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 4 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 5 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 6 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 7 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 8 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 9 | Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ? |
| 10 | These friends from up north are coming for the weekend , so we 're going out for the weekend |
| 11 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 12 | I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before . |
| 13 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 14 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 15 | And they 're not coming back for their education ; they 're coming back for the support that Arbour gives them , so they may spend more time with Monica in the nursery looking after the baby and gradually they 'll move back into the classroom in their own time and get back to their exams . |
| 16 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |
| 17 | It 's gon na cost me a fair bit to get lines to the house I want so I 've got , er I , the problem is with , as dad was saying this morning , the majority of people when they 're starting their business they go to the wall because oh they 're going in for the , oh it 's gon na be a quick sale |
| 18 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 19 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 20 | This follows ICL 's successful implementation of a departure control system for airline Cathay Pacific ( CI No 1,842 ) , and the work it is carrying out for the on-line departure system planned for the Channel Tunnel passenger rail services ( CI No 2,016 ) . |
| 21 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 22 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 23 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 24 | He was closing in for the kill . |
| 25 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 26 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 27 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |