Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small notebook systems have already been developed by the likes of Tandy Grid , NCR and Apple , and some of them are already use for simple form filling applications like supermarket stocktaking or car fleet management . |
| 2 | The press officers who compose them are n't employed for their outstanding literary flair and their missives routinely come replete with weak jokes and dismal puns . |
| 3 | The two of them are off to ride for Britain in the European championships … their first big international test … their time has come … |
| 4 | There are a number of fine amphitheatres extant in a partly ruined condition and several of them are still used for performances of opera or for bull fights . |
| 5 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
| 6 | The letter is interesting , though , for the light it casts on his rooted dread of mental imbalance , and on his horrified feeling that the unsatisfactory relations which had existed between himself and his father since eariy adolescence might somehow mar him for the rest of his life : You and I are both qualified for it [ neurosis ] because we were both afraid of our fathers as children . |
| 7 | I are n't bothered for them . |
| 8 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 9 | This time it was a police sergeant , and when Joe went upstairs the sergeant said : " I am looking for Wg Cdr Mahaddie , and I am also looking for one of my constables , " Joe foolishly replied : We might have a wing commander here but we do n't have your constable . " |
| 10 | As I oversee the finishing touches of this Christmas issue of Pipeline , I am also preparing for a special production of my own ! |
| 11 | It also plays host to a number of strange , ghostly occurrences according to a book I belong to Glasgow by Bill Hamilton and Gordon Carsely , from which I am most obliged for the information . |
| 12 | Now that the main task of supplying those prisoners with a correspondent has been achieved , I am again appealing for help , this time in forming an organisation for the purpose of helping both prisoners and ourselves . |
| 13 | I am rarely lost for words to say what I mean |
| 14 | ‘ I am not prepared for us to be a satellite of Middlesbrough and it appears the majority of Radio One programmes will be coming from Middlesbrough , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 16 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 17 | I am not looking for , or expecting , sympathy , but as I have selflessly ridden through the valley of the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three , I have taken abuse to the left of me and phlegm to the right . |
| 18 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
| 20 | And she said : ‘ When I am not training for hockey I play football . |
| 21 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 22 | ‘ It will start all sorts of speculation that we are getting back together and I am not going for that . ’ |
| 23 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 24 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 25 | I am not asking for Camelot , after all . |
| 26 | I want to take the initiative a step further , which is why I am now appealing for other British companies to join us in providing this help for our troops . |
| 27 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
| 28 | ‘ I am now looking for companies that want to add a new line to their range . ’ |
| 29 | I am now babysitting for people who have three children , who is 5 , who is 3 and who is about 1 . |
| 30 | ‘ I have lived in Dunstable in Bedfordshire , all my life , and I am now studying for A-levels in English , French and Business Studies at Manshead Upper School . |