Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so we could have reduced that , and I think that is the criticism that I make of the Conservatives , not that the Conservatives in this council have done that , but that they should be apologizing for it . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
| 3 | He should be waiting for you in the transport yard at the back . ’ |
| 4 | should be fighting for her on this not giving way |
| 5 | Then he looked up towards the back , and Shelley knew , with a sudden shock , that he must be looking for her , but she was too nervous to stand up . |
| 6 | ‘ Even now you still believe your body to be so irresistible that I must be hungering for it ? ’ |
| 7 | I was obsessed with being flat-chested and unglamorous and I used to harp on about how he must be hankering for someone more glamorous . ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand , one was observed killing a prairie dog , and for the others to have survived in the wild for this long , the ; y must be killing for themselves . |
| 9 | Mrs Fry shook it gingerly and said , ‘ You must be dying for something to eat , both of you . |
| 10 | The pawnbroker 's clock showed five minutes to the hour and Billy suddenly remembered that Tony McCarthy was due and his friends must be waiting for him . |
| 11 | Even now the police might be looking for it , might even have found it , might be fumbling over the wet bundle , opening it out , fingering the name-tape … |
| 12 | ‘ A few people might be looking for my head if we do n't do it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I never went down to meet you , for I was always afraid those right-wing student bullies might be waiting for me — you they could not touch , but I was an easy prey . |
| 14 | ‘ At least one of my friends might be waiting for me inside , ’ Benny said . |
| 15 | He had a premonition that the enemy might be waiting for them . |
| 16 | It was possible they might be waiting for him . |
| 17 | " I think I might be falling for you , you know , " he said as they were drinking up at eleven . |
| 18 | Aitchison managed to put over two of four kickable penalty chances in that period to push his side in front and , 16-15 behind , it looked as if Dundee High might be heading for their third single point defeat of the league campaign . |
| 19 | I ca n't get away yet — I need supplies and they 'll be watching for me . |
| 20 | " And I 'll be watching for you . " |
| 21 | He 'll be fightin' for his European Plan as submitted ; including the UK element . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I hope you 'll be riding for me again soon . |
| 23 | Off you go , they 'll be howling for you . ’ |
| 24 | So as soon as he 's in the station the clock begins to run and he 'll be screaming for his brief . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’ |
| 26 | Ilse said diffidently , ‘ Surely , the moment the Colonel is out , they 'll be looking for him . ’ |
| 27 | I 'll be looking for anything . |
| 28 | Well you 'll be looking for it in a bit wo n't you ? |
| 29 | ‘ I grew up supporting Liverpool and they 'll all be wearing red and white on Monday night — even though they 'll be shouting for me . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be praying for you . ’ |