Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 2 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 3 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 4 | Since we are using it for choices of ends , we can not treat the awareness it prescribes simply as a universal means to our ends whatever they may be , which is what the admonition suggests in ordinary discourse ( with the implication ‘ If you do n't you 'll suffer for it ’ ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe passionately in the future of this industry but what chance have we got when an avaricious few are using it for their own crazy purposes ? ’ |
| 6 | Obviously she will often clash with the adults who are grooming her for life . |
| 7 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 8 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
| 9 | I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea what you 're thanking us for . ’ |
| 11 | They 're saving them for the Open . ’ |
| 12 | What do you think they 're training you for , Reggie ? ’ |
| 13 | They 're training you for war . |
| 14 | No , because right has a tummy bug this week and she did n't phone or nothing like to say I do n't wan na phone Margaret she do n't wan na know so I do n't know why you 're bugging her for ! |
| 15 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 16 | They 're persecuting us for our beliefs . ’ |
| 17 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 18 | We 're ignoring them for the moment . ’ |
| 19 | I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you . |
| 20 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
| 21 | You 're paying him for knowing how to do it . |
| 22 | First , I like her best , I think , and second , you 're paying me for it . ’ |
| 23 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 24 | If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use |
| 25 | and you 're calling it for ages but you ca n't go near it cos it will run away and it goes like this to you , it goes |
| 26 | The fact that we are providing the services for Wiltshire , that they were providing , and we 're providing them for less money , is surely something to be applauded . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 29 | Webb is that what you 're asking me for , some webbing ? |
| 30 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |