Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [v-ing] for some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 2 | If she 's crying for some other reason like because we 've been quarrelling and she wants to make up but does n't know how to I just put my arms round her and cuddle her and let her cry it out . |
| 3 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 4 | WE are looking for some one-cap wonders of soccer this week with a query that wins £25 for Mr F. Stillwell of Basingstoke . |
| 5 | We 're asking for er communication back with the ship and we 're asking for some straightforward answers from them . |
| 6 | they have large pans , but even they were looking for some large pans ! |
| 7 | He jibed that ‘ maybe it is waiting for some cross-shareholding agreements ’ with Bundespost Telekom . |
| 8 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
| 9 | so he 's going for some more tests next week . |
| 10 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |