Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pron] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking for anyone from any background . |
| 2 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 3 | ‘ Preston , I was two hours waiting for you in that porch . |
| 4 | And what I was going to be getting for myself at some stage cos I 'd like to do the rest of the curtains myself . |
| 5 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 6 | Nottinghamshire , who won the Sunday league last year , will be hoping for something with more prestige this time and with Chris Lewis and Chris Cairns augmenting an already talented staff , they will be the team to beat . |
| 7 | Police are appealing for anyone with any information to contact them . |
| 8 | And as police step up their investigation , they 're appealing for anyone with any information to come forward . |
| 9 | I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody . |
| 10 | ‘ We have 1,500 people working for us in this Opera House , and everybody is talking about the ghost . |