Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( Although I have twice referred to Milton myself , I did so because I was grasping for images to convey something of the reality of the Devil . |
| 32 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 33 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 34 | I always fall off while I 'm waiting for you . ’ |
| 35 | I 'll be glad of the company , I expect , while I 'm waiting for the police . |
| 36 | Where 's my I 'm putting my lipstick on while I 'm waiting for that to take . |
| 37 | But , in meantime while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad ! |
| 38 | I wondered what he was up to when I spotted him coming back inside while I was looking for you . ’ |
| 39 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 40 | Violet Sangston found me while I was searching for a hiding-place . |
| 41 | He rang while I was reaching for the phone . |
| 42 | ‘ The first time I met her , while I was working for him , I think she knew that I had fallen in love with him and yet she was kinder to me than anyone I 've ever known . |
| 43 | While I was waiting for my companions to stir , I put water on to boil , but soon noticed that the stove had given up . |
| 44 | While I was waiting for him , an assistant approached and asked if she could help . |
| 45 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 46 | ‘ By the way , sir , while I was waiting for Fowler to relieve me , I checked with the constable at Morvyl . |
| 47 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 48 | I met the Colonel 's wife while I was waiting for Martinho outside church one sunny afternoon . |
| 49 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 50 | ‘ While I was enquiring for you I fell in with a party of men who are heading in my direction shortly . |
| 51 | We had adopted them while I was preparing for the desert . |
| 52 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 53 | At first I found this rather frustrating , since I was looking for answers . |
| 54 | Whilst I was working for the council , someone came to ask and we had some new o new officer appointed and he was very worried about getting ca er p permission from the council to launch a sewer scheme that was going to cost a quarter of a million pounds , a very large amount in those days . |
| 55 | Before I was working for magazines now I take pictures for myself . ’ |
| 56 | I met Dr Johannsen , the senior therapist at the local hospital , when I was hunting for wood on the beach at Cator . |
| 57 | When I was looking for data to check out these observations , I found plenty of examples — and where ? |
| 58 | I actually first realised this at the second year , that when I was looking for the , the previous year , I noticed that in July the business went and I thought , because everybody 's gone on holiday . |
| 59 | Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift . |
| 60 | Yes , I did open the door for somebody when I was leaving for work . |