Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't stop crying , 'cause I am crying for you . ’ |
| 2 | And I did n't want to have that 'cause I was looking for respect for me but also for my area of work and it was an absolutely deliberate act . |
| 3 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 4 | The Earl of Northumberland had given him a coach and four horses , ‘ a gift greater than I was beholding for to any subject ’ . |
| 5 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 6 | Okay , so I was looking for a politically active , fat , drunk kleptomaniac . |
| 7 | ‘ We did n't win anything last season , so I 'm looking for success this season . |
| 8 | And as you have pointed out , when I take the lovely Miss Ingram as my bride , you and Adèle must leave the house , so I 'm looking for a new job for you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So I 'm looking for somewhere to live . |
| 10 | ‘ So I 'm asking for another week , Hilary . |
| 11 | And he has realised that he had nothing to lose even if I am spying for Carlotta . |
| 12 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 13 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 14 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 15 | Terry er sorry Roger if , if I were interviewing for posts , I would appoint , and you know full well I would , the people that I thought were best for that job . |
| 16 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
| 17 | And occasionally if I was looking for a magazine to buy , it would get a lot of i good information in it too . |
| 18 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 19 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I have no rational explanation for this but doubt I would derive that same feeling if I was playing for Japan . |
| 21 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 22 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 23 | Not if I 'm paying for it ! |
| 24 | If I 'm shooting for stock , I can get lots of shots of a rapidly changing situation . |
| 25 | A very authoritative voice shouted : " Joe , I must come in because I am looking for a wing commander . |
| 26 | The conductor will say , ‘ So that I can communicate my ideas to the orchestra ’ ; and the orchestra will say , ‘ So that he can learn the repertory at our expense ’ ; and the manager will say , ‘ Because I am paying for all this and I insist you rehearse . ’ |
| 27 | " It is different now because I 'm playing for a living , " said Claydon at Walton Heath . |
| 28 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 29 | And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way . |
| 30 | I wanted to put a a morning on when I realised there was problems here just a morning an open morning which would of brought probably nine hundred thousand pounds into this building , in July I came in to try to see the Director of the playhouse I could n't go through the written way because I was waiting for exam date to come through . |