Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [am/are] [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's convinced that my lover and I are waiting eagerly for that event , so he 's written a will that leaves me destitute . |
| 2 | The hostess became ill and I 'm standing in for her . |
| 3 | This is a special outing and he was supposed to be here to take charge of this lot , but the poor fellow 's down with jaundice and I 'm standing in for him . |
| 4 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
| 5 | But they 're gone , and you 're scrabbling around for work . |
| 6 | no I 'm sorry but you ca n't have the cars and bikes out because it 's tea time and you 're going home for your tea , Bryony 's had her hair cut and mummy 's come back there 's look |
| 7 | If you are going away on holiday like I go away on holiday and probably some your colleagues and you 're going abroad for two three weeks , it makes commonsense to try and protect your home as soon as you possibly , as much as you can by isolating the risk . |
| 8 | The building materials side is primarily issues held by the er , the private sector and issue of the waste by factories is something which is the subject of er new er regulations which are often advice which is expected shortly from the Department of Trade and Industry and and we are awaiting obviously for that to come out to see what should happen and therefore our advice to you is that we should contin continue to keep these issues under review through the waste er advisory matter the waste er Planning and Policy panel . |
| 9 | But the point is what I 'm saying is if we could get that stuff there on Friday afternoon and get the the conveyor set to where you want 'em , because I do n't know what leads you want the lorry got there on Monday morning , wants unloading , and we 're flying about for damn leads , we we 're gon na be in trouble . |
| 10 | I walk around the shop on air and Berty Barlow says I 've got stars in my eyes , and I have and they 're shining just for you . |
| 11 | This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces . |
| 12 | There is an immense feeling of anger among ordinary members of the public at the extent to which they are inconvenienced , and they are crying out for something to be done . |