Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a neighbour with a toddler who was outgrowing several of the things I was looking for ; the pram came from her , and a few other things as well . |
| 2 | You 're paying for the two things you 're paying for the opportunity |
| 3 | Remember that one of the things we are looking for is the ability to implement solutions . |
| 4 | I mean it may well be we 'll say in year seven , look the things we 're looking for here and I want everybody to comment on is , A er , how well they 've settled down er how well they 're getting on with others but there 's no reason why you ca n't make those decisions . |
| 5 | After all the things we 're doing for you . |
| 6 | It 's one of the things we were demonstrating for last week . ’ |
| 7 | Erm and I mean I 'm not too sure , you 'd probably need to ask the probation people , what specific things they were looking for , but I suppose the probation service , I mean you are an officer of the court , |
| 8 | ‘ I keep telling you , Anne , that 's not the sort of thing I 'm looking for . |
| 9 | Cause for one thing I was buying for more . |
| 10 | Yeah , its within your budget and you 've done well , I went over budget , but then I expected I would , because for one thing I was buying for more . |
| 11 | Do you know when I went out to the maths thing I was waiting for , I was there and I was heard about these forgotten a calculator ! |
| 12 | It 's nothing to do with the thing you are looking for . ’ |
| 13 | After explaining a benefit it is sound practice to ask the buyer ‘ Is this the kind of thing you are looking for ? ’ |
| 14 | When we 're doing first aid incidents erm the standard thing we 're doing for adults when they 're doing a first aid exam is we 'll give present them with a casualty with perhaps a cut hand or something like that and they 'll actually have a black eye . |
| 15 | Oh it 's just a thing we 're doing for these Norweigy people . |
| 16 | So it all depends how you different people different personalities and that and erm right though I do n't agree with them at all what they 've done , erm as I said , If I do n't speak or if we do n't whatsit we going to ruin the whole thing we 're fighting for . |
| 17 | Okay that that 's the big thing they 're looking for there . |
| 18 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |