Example sentences of "you [am/are] [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is Augustus DeMorgan : ‘ I know perfectly well what you are doing : YOU ARE CRAMMING FOR THE EXAMINATION . |
| 2 | An extension microphone ( c ) can also be worth considering when you are packing for the trip . |
| 3 | Whatever care you are providing for the residents , treating somebody with respect and dignity , as an important person in their own right , has to be the starting point . |
| 4 | ‘ But you are paying for the rehearsal period , for the creative process itself . ’ |
| 5 | Salon perms are expensive because you are paying for the expertise of the technician and their time — an average perm takes approx. two hours for short to mid-length hair , more if hair is longer . |
| 6 | When you are connected , be clear and confident in your manner when you are asking for the person you want to speak to and in announcing yourself : ‘ Good afternoon , this is Kate Farmer from Witcombe & Co . |
| 7 | Whilst you are waiting for the expert help to arrive , there is no reason why you should not take the person 's case and find a remedy for him . |
| 8 | Perhaps you have had telephone problems of late and you are waiting for the Telecom engineer . |
| 9 | While you are waiting for the paint to dry , make the light-proof cover . |
| 10 | If , like Glen Danzig , you 're calling for the death of religion , then you 're evil and I want nothing to do with you . |
| 11 | So just go for that I mean you see you 're looking for the pattern , you ca n't know ninety odd elements and what the carbonate of every one does , what the sulphate of every one , what the nitrate of each one , bicarbonate , hydrogen carbonate of each one . |
| 12 | So you 're going for the hour slots are n't you really ? |
| 13 | you 're asking for the comprehension of the word . |
| 14 | That was how close it was , and as Emerson once said to me , he learned that weekend , sweating out the last half-hour before the start , that when you 're running for the championship , you simply ca n't give anything away : give Stewart an inch and he would have taken a yard . |
| 15 | You 're paying for the hole they should have dug provided it was at least as big as they |
| 16 | Yeah but there again you 're paying for the land are n't you ? |
| 17 | You 're paying for the two things you 're paying for the opportunity |
| 18 | and doing that you 're paying for the opportunity of having erm other services |
| 19 | You 're paying for the service , and I provide it . |
| 20 | You 're paying for the hairdresser 's services and part of that is to receive whatever information about your hair you need . |
| 21 | Mind you , you 're paying for the area are n't you ? |
| 22 | But because when you got the , you think you got the heating on and you 're paying for the heating , and you open the windows . |
| 23 | But then you 're paying for the use of the boat as well are n't you ? |
| 24 | When you 're preparing for the interview make sure that you test yourself and have good answers to basic questions like : |
| 25 | You 're working for the Israelis now , are n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | I would ask Mr Williamson , I presume you you 're leading for the County Council today to er take us through I five and I twelve . |
| 27 | Supposing you run out of hotplates and there 's no space to heat up the gravy , or will the sprouts get cold while you 're waiting for the potatoes to cook ? |
| 28 | Absolutely , you could , you could actually work it all out while you 're waiting for the course . |
| 29 | Groups go up there and they pay the money for it and they put it in the middle while you 're waiting for the film , it 's all carpeted and you can watch all the monitors and they just sit down this huge tub of popcorn they had an op |
| 30 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |