Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The film we 're going to see is Flatliners , and Denice tells us she 's been dying to see it for ages . |
| 2 | Mr Fitzwater reiterated President Bush 's denial earlier in the day that the United States , which has indicted General Noriega on drug trafficking charges and has been seeking to oust him for nearly two years , had initiated the revolt . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been wanting to do it for years . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been wanting to tell you for ages , but I could n't while you were so worried . |
| 6 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 7 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 8 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 9 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 10 | ‘ Not if you 're going to use it for lies , propaganda and distortion , ’ said the Press Liaison Officer . |
| 11 | Because if we 're going to use it for the ragtime and er |
| 12 | A hundred wide , by three it depends what you 're going to use it for . |
| 13 | Erm if they 're going to charge you for your water by how much you use , they do n't just charge you twenty when you 've got your hose running . |
| 14 | Your hose pipe twenty gallons a minute , well you ran that for ten minutes say , so that was two hundred gallons we 're going to charge you for there , and your six gallons a minute appliance here , you ran that for forty minutes , right ? |
| 15 | That 's a gallon per minute times forty minutes then cancel with gallons so they 're going to charge you for two hundred and forty gallons . |
| 16 | Wallering Remember Christopher Robin , his wise old house spelt his name Wal We 're going to name you for the elms at the foot of the garden . |
| 17 | ‘ If we find enough we 're going to have them for dinner tonight . ’ |
| 18 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
| 19 | They 're not getting anything out of me , they 're having to pay me for my body . ’ |
| 20 | They 're hoping to get it for this being an international airport . |
| 21 | Exactly , they 're trying to screw me for every single penny they can get out of me |
| 22 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 23 | It explains , I think rather vividly , why the Library overspent last year , because we have no idea in advance what the publishers are going to charge us for journals . |
| 24 | So I think you need to be clear on what you are going to use them for . |
| 25 | The $420m a year that America has been getting to compensate it for the loss in sales of farm products to Spain and Portugal after they joined the Community was due to run out in 1990 . |
| 26 | ‘ Dear Fatal , ’ writes Philip Saunders from North Devon , ‘ I 'm writing to thank you for the excellent screen wipes . |
| 27 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 28 | Well there 's no point in me watching it if I 'm going to record it for you . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ said Zach , ‘ because I 'm going to ask you for another good suggestion . ’ |
| 30 | Towns like Gwelo , Que Que and Bulawayo are preparing to receive them for MRA weeks and other functions to speak to the leaders and people . |