Example sentences of "someone [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice sounded odd to him , as if someone were speaking for him . |
| 2 | But if someone 's looking for an unusual night spot On Grace there was , after all , not so very much to be done . |
| 3 | Erm that in fact one of the odd points here is that when a person is convicted , that information is public , but nevertheless as the years go by and indeed er this has been recognized in for instance the rehabilitation of offenders act , it becomes private information and if someone 's looking for a job the fact that he was convicted of an offence many years ago should not be er er relevant . |
| 4 | No it was just it was just that he , he , he wound you , he wound up , he said oh someone 's looking for you cos he wanted to get rid of him |
| 5 | Zelda West-Meads of Relate adds , ‘ Here someone is looking for their ideal , but she does n't exist . |
| 6 | 1 You work in an estate agency and someone is looking for a property for £30,000 . |
| 7 | Her story reminds me of that old Christian Aid appeal for collectors , showing an elderly lady at a lace-curtained window , with the caption ‘ Someone is waiting for you ’ . |
| 8 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 9 | He told me he had heard I was being watched , and that someone was looking for Magwitch . |
| 10 | As I turned away someone was shouting for the M.O . |
| 11 | Well , someone was calling for help , and she , Deborah Dawson , might be the only person to hear that call ; so she had to answer it . |
| 12 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 13 | Someone was waiting for him . |