Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [v-ing] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now I am looking for Nigel to produce his club form . |
| 2 | 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 . " |
| 3 | It 's hard to explain to you … you 're too young to understand , yet — but I am searching for El Dorado . |
| 4 | For crossing the border into Iran , he had a code ( ’ I am coming for Mustafa ’ ) , but no-one asked for it ; and so they landed in Tehran . |
| 5 | I am waiting for Maggie to notice me . |
| 6 | I am waiting for Tom Fairfax . |
| 7 | And he has realised that he had nothing to lose even if I am spying for Carlotta . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm voting for Clinton . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ No , I 'm voting for William Hague . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Not me , I 'm voting for Tim Devlin . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm voting for John Major because he is a great Prime Minister . |
| 12 | This time I 'm voting for Greenpeace . |
| 13 | Susan said , ‘ I 'm leaving for Trame tomorrow for the bilaterals . |
| 14 | I 'm leaving for Brussels today . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm looking for Alan Dysart . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm looking for Alison Wells . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm looking for Arthur Ledington . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm looking for Emerson McKitrick . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm looking for Garry 's address . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm looking for Kristin and Sabine ’ , I said politely . |
| 21 | I 'm looking for Anabelle . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , you could say that … compulsory walking , I 'm looking for Simon , our dog . |
| 23 | I 'm looking for Ismar who 's come all the way down from Dundee to be with us today . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm looking for Carol Jackson , ’ he said , noticing that the woman was running appraising eyes over him . |
| 25 | I 'm looking for Bill , is he around anywhere ? |
| 26 | I 'm looking for Madame Vassoir . |
| 27 | John where the hell 's he gone , erm , I 'm looking for John , yes got him |
| 28 | " I 'm looking for Mr. Matthew Preston , " he said . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm looking for Miss Hari Morgan , ’ she said stiffly , not taking kindly to having to explain her business to a mere boy , however clean and polite he might appear . |
| 30 | Carson said , ‘ I 'm looking for Miss Wells . |