Example sentences of "[vb past] he be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just assumed he was making for Otters ' Bay . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 3 | He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days . |
| 4 | I figured he was waiting for you to wake up , Sleeping-Beauty-style , at which point he 'd marry you and make very tender love to you . ’ |
| 5 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 6 | the only battleship I know about is the girl friend go away for about three months at a time and you 'd say of where 's Norman , oh he 's er working and then we all knew he 's working for a he 'd put them in the computer systems right the way throughout the ships |
| 7 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 8 | She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night . |
| 9 | He turned down a street leading to the coast road , and Ruth knew he was heading for Starr Hills . |
| 10 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |
| 11 | The Doctor nodded to himself as one piece of the puzzle clicked into place , explaining why everyone thought he was looking for a missing British Consul , obviously this man . |
| 12 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 13 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 14 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |
| 15 | The candidate thought he was going for an interview to be MD when the client thought he was to meet the proposed finance director . |
| 16 | I thought he was going for the interview for the job |
| 17 | I thought he was going for three weeks . |
| 18 | But Preston found he was scanning the crowd at about the right height for an eight-year-old child , and it was only after a while that he realised he was looking for Uncle Titch . |
| 19 | Then the 62-year-old globetrotter from Bristol revealed he was looking for two more women ! |
| 20 | Maureen Taylor from Mistley Park Place Environmental Centre paid £45 at market for Jack and saved him being sold for meat . |
| 21 | Then he remembered he was looking for his friend . |
| 22 | He never found anything ; when I left he was waiting for a new pair to be brought up from Auckland , and wondering if the insurance company would cough up . |
| 23 | Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ . |
| 24 | Had he been hoping for Doreen to arrive and say she was no longer interested in the large Hastings home and that she 'd be willing to live anywhere with him — even to work beside him out in the wilderness ? |
| 25 | In 1984 opinion polls showed that Ronald Reagan would have been decisively defeated had he been running for re-election in Britain . |
| 26 | Thus , French High Commissioner Pignon was hoping for American assistance in replacing and repairing military equipment ; said he was prepared for US military aid to go direct to the Vietnam government ; but also , in order to deter a Chinese invasion of Tonkin , was trying to talk the US into sending warships , particularly aircraft-carriers , into Indo-Chinese waters . |
| 27 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 28 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 29 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |
| 30 | ‘ He said he was looking for enthusiasm and his gut instinct for people . ’ |