Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 2 | Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all . |
| 3 | " We 've been out looking for her since five , " said another man . |
| 4 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 5 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 6 | Keep condoms handy , so you do n't have to go tearing around looking for them at that crucial moment . |
| 7 | ’ Famlio is looking for us in other sectors . |
| 8 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 9 | Not looking for you at all . |
| 10 | You have been looking for it for eight years . |
| 11 | With the baby , he was gentleness itself , playing with him and caring for him with true devotion . |
| 12 | But I came to terms with all that because the house has so much going for it in other ways . |
| 13 | Realizing that not only Mrs Whittaker , but twelve newly arrived first-year students , were waiting for her in expectant silence , she pulled herself together . |
| 14 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 15 | But there was no time to give this disturbing idea attention ; Tealtaoich was nearly at the Trees and the Trees were grouped together watching him and waiting for him in complete silence and it was important not to miss a single instant of any of it . |
| 16 | She remembered the time she had returned the coffee she had borrowed from him , and how she had instinctively known there was a woman waiting for him in this very room . |
| 17 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
| 18 | If you play your cards right , your job could still be waiting for you after that . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Preston , I was two hours waiting for you in that porch . |
| 20 | Dee 's calling for me at ten . |
| 21 | The car would now be calling for him at seven . |
| 22 | I want you to get involved in sharing what I 'm doing for you with other folk . |
| 23 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 24 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 25 | Coming for it at three . |
| 26 | It 's just that he 's coming for it at three so if I get my camera I want it before three . |
| 27 | I mean she 's not coming for it till two , two o'clock is she tomorrow ? |
| 28 | ‘ Too right it is ! ’ he agreed , reaching for her with masterly precision and pulling her up against him , ignoring her small cry of outrage . |
| 29 | ‘ He has played no part in either building the party or campaigning for it for four years now . ’ |
| 30 | should be fighting for her on this not giving way |