Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " O Lord be merciful , or I 'm done for ! " |
| 2 | I ca n't stop crying , 'cause I am crying for you . ’ |
| 3 | And I did n't want to have that 'cause I was looking for respect for me but also for my area of work and it was an absolutely deliberate act . |
| 4 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 5 | No I did n't apply , I erm , although I was interviewed for the job . |
| 6 | Now I find myself alone — that is irrelevant in terms of what happens to me , but for the idea that the Lord was homosexual , and for the perverted practices on his dead body not to be seen to be blasphemous if the case is lost — about that I am lost for words ! |
| 7 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 8 | But then with an ever deepening sinking feeling inside I realise that I am bound for failure once again . |
| 9 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 10 | It 's not happiness but sorrow that I 'm looking for . |
| 11 | The word that I 'm looking for is |
| 12 | ‘ He 's not the man that I 'm looking for , ’ answered the sailor . |
| 13 | ‘ It is n't charity that I 'm looking for . ’ |
| 14 | Okay yes , most of this is common sense erm er i what I 'll do is relate it to things that I 'm looking for in exam questions as we go through . |
| 15 | No ju just saying that I 'm looking for material that would be of interest to the kids |
| 16 | Then you 've got to think of your references problem is the job that I 'm applying for is working in the school and my reference for primary school is Redland School cos that 's where I was I thought ooh yes that would be laugh if I apply for Redland School yeah great so it 's gon na come under wor work experience and reference I do n't know you can put |
| 17 | I point out that I 'm paying for my half , but they both ignore this . |
| 18 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 19 | What you do n't seem to know is that I 'm working for Query and not for you . |
| 20 | Winning the title meant that I was selected for Great Britain to run against West Germany in Dortmund . |
| 21 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 22 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 23 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 24 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 25 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 26 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 27 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 28 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a very worthwhile event , ’ she said , ‘ but I must admit that I was aching for days afterwards ! ’ |
| 30 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |