Example sentences of "'m [adv] [v-ing] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 2 | Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks ! |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not trying for a wedding-ring or anything else ; I 'll put it down to experience , so you have no need to be afraid of my intentions , or to reproach yourself . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |
| 5 | So I 'm not looking for a response to what he says at this stage . |
| 6 | not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all |
| 7 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 8 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 10 | I 'm not asking for a vote on it I 'm simply giving you my opinion . |
| 11 | I 'm not asking for a lesson on highway modelling particularly at half past four in the afternoon but what 's your reaction to what Mr said about the way in which your model would perform in other words on an all or nothing basis , when it 's shorter it all goes that way ? |
| 12 | Oh ’ — he looked into the basket — ‘ I 'm not going for a week ; I just wanted a sandwich or two . |
| 13 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
| 14 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
| 15 | I 'm just going for a piss now I 'm not fucking going to the toilet . |
| 16 | I 'm just waiting for a day of action on . |
| 17 | I 'm just waiting for a man to knock my door and say well , you know , cos you can fined a lot do n't you ? |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a friend . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm just waiting for a Lemon Delight . |
| 21 | But then I began to find it rather unsatisfying , so I 'm now looking for a job , either part-time or full time , but if that does n't work out , I shall get involved in voluntary work . ’ |
| 22 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |