Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now 'e 's payin' for it . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's chaperoning for me on Monday next week , ’ the boy explained . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's calling for her mate . ’ |
| 4 | She 's calling for her mother . |
| 5 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 6 | Julie says she was never told about the risk of toxoplasmosis … and she 's calling for all pregnant women to be screened for the infection : |
| 7 | Now , however , she 's writing for her soul . |
| 8 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 9 | ‘ She 's volunteered for nursing duties . |
| 10 | She 's looking for ways and means of redressing Britain 's excessive contribution to the European budget which , as you know , is the highest in the community . |
| 11 | She 's looking for us . |
| 12 | This is one hell of an angry Duchess and she 's looking for trouble . |
| 13 | She 's looking for a good situation . |
| 14 | She 's looking for a young man and possibly a young woman . |
| 15 | She 's looking for Crilly , for news . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect she 's looking for another husband , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ Yeah , and more to the point , she 's looking for me . ’ |
| 18 | You 'd better watch out ; maybe she 's looking for husband number four on this trip . ’ |
| 19 | Sounds like she 's looking for a holiday . |
| 20 | Mm , yeah , sounds like she 's looking for a paid holiday . |
| 21 | Mind you , I mean , we got no whisky anyway so I said she 's looking for somebody who erm drinks at erm a spot of whisky . |
| 22 | She 's looking for somebody to back her up ! |
| 23 | He she 's looking for tenants ! |
| 24 | She 's looking for batter . |
| 25 | in cos it 's always handy to give to her because she 's she 's looking for you know , I mean , sort of you know different things all the time and she 's got various |
| 26 | She 's looking for a decent second-hand one , and I actually want to buy her a new one , and she does n't know about it . |
| 27 | She 's wanted for questioning following the withdrawal of £130,000 from the funds of the Worcestershire Kurdish Refugee Association . |
| 28 | Looks can deceive , though , because to look at her you would think she was aggressive , or dead political , but she is n't , it 's just that punk is the look she likes , and what she 's aiming for . |
| 29 | he 's he 's er , she 's goes for the rich guys you see . |
| 30 | But no , I do n't think she 's destined for Oxbridge . |