Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great majority of them are looking for the theatre of books , and it is not there . |
| 2 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 3 | Aycliffe and I are trying for a way to have the will stand . |
| 4 | ‘ Pettigrew and I are going for a stroll , ’ said Mark , who had been finding the atmosphere of the tea room rather oppressive and not really what he had come to Rome for . |
| 5 | So I let her just pass , and said , ‘ Oh , darling , I am looking for a new ‘ element ’ … ’ ; and after half an hour the manager came back to me and said that she was sitting upstairs weeping . |
| 6 | I am looking for a 2hr 8min pace and I prepared to take it up if it falls below that . ’ |
| 7 | He stormed : ‘ I am looking for a dramatic improvement in our defending . |
| 8 | I am looking for a people who will come on bended knee , |
| 9 | I am looking for a people who will come on bended knee . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I am looking for a receptionist . |
| 11 | I am looking for a man . ’ |
| 12 | In summary , I am looking for a jacket which is wind and water proof , breathable , looks respectable enough to turn up at the office in , and offers conspicuity . |
| 13 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |
| 14 | I am looking for a Leeds United match programme … not looking for any particular but I would prefer the most recent or a forthcoming copy . |
| 15 | A very authoritative voice shouted : " Joe , I must come in because I am looking for a wing commander . |
| 16 | Now I am looking for a new start and go on from there . ’ |
| 17 | " I am looking for the Reed Girl . " |
| 18 | ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’ |
| 19 | I am ordering for the week . ’ |
| 20 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 21 | I am searching for a pattern . |
| 22 | What I am suggesting for an understanding of the workings of television generic fiction and its associated forms of subjectivity ( or , indeed , of narrative cinema and its subjectivity ) , is that it may be more fruitful if we approach it as an historical development of the complex , theoretical genre of novelistic discourse rather than as a collection of autonomous elementary , historical genres . |
| 23 | I am allowing for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn . |
| 24 | I am , at present I am applying for a job on the |
| 25 | I am applying for the post of … |
| 26 | So I am fighting for the profession . |
| 27 | ‘ I am fighting for the return of the community spirit , that is basically what my whole campaign stands for . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |
| 29 | Partly I am mesmerised by its spinach-green tanks and cowling , its red pulleys , dogs and levers , its greasy leather belts , its twitching , glittering blades , stink of hot oil , petrol , exhaust … and partly I am praying for the chance that something — I 've no idea what , but just something — may go wrong … so that I , Jimbo , the firstborn , may step into the breach and save the day . |
| 30 | She told The Universe , the Catholic weekly : ‘ I am praying for the family and I feel very sorry for them . |