Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Am I looking for anything in particular ? ’ |
| 2 | Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home . |
| 3 | As the British Airways Boeing 757 twin-engined jet touched down on Runway 27 Left at Heathrow at 8.33 a.m. , Adam concluded that there would probably be someone watching for him at the shuttle terminal . |
| 4 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 5 | Perhaps you have observed me , I am often around , if you are not fixed up at the moment what about me waiting for you at the bus stop tonight ? |
| 6 | ARE YOU looking for something to liven up your Monday evenings ? |
| 7 | ‘ Are you looking for anything in particular , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | " She looking for someone for a job ? " |
| 9 | ‘ Are you searching for anything in particular ? ’ he asked as she stood by a cage containing some little creatures curled up fast asleep . |
| 10 | Are you waiting for me to simply sweep away all your maidenly protests ? |
| 11 | Training is usually on the job and the main employers are the large commercial potteries concentrated in the North Staffordshire area , although there is nothing to stop you working for yourself at home . |
| 12 | But are n't we asking for everything on a plate ? |
| 13 | I thought er that God wanted me to be a doctor and I did n't have a place to go to , I took my A levels having had five chances of places to be a doctor and everybody saying no , we do n't want you and erm I had everybody praying for me at church and quite miraculously at the end of the August , when I should start in the September , I had a phone call at half past ten at night from a surgeon at the London Hospital asking me to go for an interview the next day . |
| 14 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |
| 15 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 16 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 17 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 18 | And the worst part of it all was that having him there all the time had n't lessened her longing for him by one tiny jot . |
| 19 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 20 | You will find us waiting for you outside Royston . |
| 21 | From the meeting that m that Trevor and I had with Keith the other day , erm Keith is actually working in support of us to try and m maintain us working for them in the future . |