Example sentences of "[that] [pron] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well a word about next Friday 's match then , that 's the big one , the one that everyone 's waiting for against Kings Lynn . |
| 2 | A series of complex and powerful planetary influences suggest that everyone 's gunning for you this month . |
| 3 | Angela , would somebody from Eastenders er , provoke the kind the cash flow from the industrialists that companies that yours are looking for ? |
| 4 | It 's not happiness but sorrow that I 'm looking for . |
| 5 | The word that I 'm looking for is |
| 6 | ‘ He 's not the man that I 'm looking for , ’ answered the sailor . |
| 7 | ‘ It is n't charity that I 'm looking for . ’ |
| 8 | Okay yes , most of this is common sense erm er i what I 'll do is relate it to things that I 'm looking for in exam questions as we go through . |
| 9 | No ju just saying that I 'm looking for material that would be of interest to the kids |
| 10 | Then you 've got to think of your references problem is the job that I 'm applying for is working in the school and my reference for primary school is Redland School cos that 's where I was I thought ooh yes that would be laugh if I apply for Redland School yeah great so it 's gon na come under wor work experience and reference I do n't know you can put |
| 11 | I point out that I 'm paying for my half , but they both ignore this . |
| 12 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 13 | What you do n't seem to know is that I 'm working for Query and not for you . |
| 14 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 15 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 16 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 17 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 18 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 19 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a very worthwhile event , ’ she said , ‘ but I must admit that I was aching for days afterwards ! ’ |
| 21 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 22 | ‘ being a common prostitute ’ Proof of this point must be available to negate any defence of accident or mistake , e.g. ‘ That I was waiting for my boy friend or taxi etc . ’ |
| 23 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 24 | He told me he had heard I was being watched , and that someone was looking for Magwitch . |
| 25 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 26 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 27 | When we got down to the final paragraph , Ms Green says that all this extra work will mean that more staff will be needed , and that she 's asking for money . |
| 28 | So I do believe in me soul that she 's working for me . |
| 29 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
| 30 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |