Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So put down , I 've only just missed two things out on health , there was the breathing and erm should be standing in for me on all four feet behind but not four it 's quite normal |
| 2 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 3 | He must be getting on for seventy , and we need a younger head groom . ’ |
| 4 | It was not that unpleasant memories were evoked , for these were always with him , his existence was inseparable from that old bitterness , but that a sight of the house , even the glimpse of a photograph , revived the precise feelings he had had — why , it must be getting on for eleven years ago . |
| 5 | How , he wondered , did one set about finding a woman , last heard of in Cornwall , whose surname was Carrow — that is , if she had n't remarried — and a child who he supposed must be getting on for four . |
| 6 | ‘ Ooh , well , let's see now , I s'pose it must be getting on for six weeks , now , ’ Cyril said . |
| 7 | It must be getting on for eleven years now since … ’ |
| 8 | And it must be , I 've been up here twenty-three years , it must be getting on for thirty years old that teapot and er I could n't have afforded that money for that stainless steel teapot , as those days , but I had it with my divi . |
| 9 | But he must n't forget that it was a great occasion for old Willis , who must be getting on for sixty-live , ready to take the knock any day now . |
| 10 | Her dad must be getting on for seventy she looks as though |
| 11 | Well you must be getting on for a hundred , because I believe you were in the Boar War , were n't you ? |
| 12 | They must be crying out for men like you . |
| 13 | Must be coming up for school dinner-time . ’ |
| 14 | By chance one might be whistling up for you , |
| 15 | I think I might be going in for it . |
| 16 | Should another globe-trotting adventure arise , we know what notebook computer we 'll be taking along for the ride . |
| 17 | Not right at this minute cos I can only have four at once , but after I 've had this four I 'll be choosing some more people , I 'll be looking round for somebody who 's |
| 18 | ‘ We 'll be looking out for you , ’ Rose said as they kissed . |
| 19 | Good luck — we 'll be looking out for you ! |
| 20 | ‘ They 'll be looking out for you , ’ she said . |
| 21 | No need to worry — they they 'll be queuing up for me , ’ even though everyone knows that the whole area 's been appallingly hit by the recession and that the whole country , come to that , is in much the same state . |
| 22 | ‘ I guess you 'll be getting back for the Soviet visit , now . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think she 'll be staying off for any great length of time , with the open day coming up I think she 'll be |
| 24 | Hope to see you soon — I 'll be coming through for Janet 's and Nick 's leaving ceilidh on the Renfrew Ferry on the 2nd , so will maybe see you there ? |
| 25 | He says : ‘ If you 're going to go over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game because I 'll be coming back for you . ’ |
| 26 | Neil , ’ I said , urgently , ‘ he did take this picture tonight , and whatever he took it for , it 's got to mean he 'll be coming back for it , and soon . |
| 27 | We 'll be coming back for as long as we can . |
| 28 | I forgot to mention earlier that I 'll be standing in for emergency cover tonight . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think I 'll be going in for one of those prolonged periods of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or whatever it 's called . |
| 30 | I keep on walking , cos Marie 'll be waiting up for me . |