Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [am/are] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 2 | And I am looking for 100 per cent loyalty . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |
| 4 | Aycliffe and I are trying for a way to have the will stand . |
| 5 | ‘ Pettigrew and I are going for a stroll , ’ said Mark , who had been finding the atmosphere of the tea room rather oppressive and not really what he had come to Rome for . |
| 6 | May I say that Mrs Kurtz , I would have thought has sent her apologies , and I 'm substituting for her |
| 7 | ‘ I got back last night , and I 'm reporting for duty . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The way we conceded goals at Coventry was very hard to take and I 'm looking for us to bounce back as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | Avoid behaviour indicating sub-text like : ‘ You 're boring me rigid and I 'm looking for someone more interesting to talk to . ’ |
| 10 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |
| 11 | And I 'm looking for you to satisfy me because I have n't found a man to do it yet . |
| 12 | ‘ I was adopted , and I 'm looking for my real mother . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Because that 's all I do know , and I 'm looking for evidence that I 'm the surviving twin . ’ |
| 14 | and I 'm looking for a new manager . ’ |
| 15 | Erm the law college have expressed an interest , and I 'm temping for them this week so I 'll chase them . |
| 16 | I 'm 17 , an incurable romantic and I 'm dying for cheery letters ( all I ever seem to get are bank statements ) Quick ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 've put through a call to London and I 'm waiting for them to ring me up . |
| 18 | I 'm working on my own house at the moment and I 'm waiting for a grant off the Housing . |
| 19 | So I was standing there and I thought to myself pretend I 'm looking at my watch and I 'm waiting for someone . |
| 20 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 21 | Yes , so it 's , you know , it 's like two mailshots up once a quarter or whatever , minutes , and I 'm paying for a lunch . |
| 22 | And also , if if if you 're in an area like me and mine 's , if I ring my local police station , Eastwood and I 'm paying for a trunk call or an out of area call , costing me twice as much |
| 23 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 24 | It will : identify your belongings from those of other people that may also be in the removal van ; enable you and your friends , or the removal men , to put the boxes in the right rooms ( i.e. anything labelled ‘ crockery ’ in the kitchen ) , this saves sorting it out later on ; and it will enable you to lay your hands quickly on the teapot when it is all over and you are gasping for a cuppa ! |
| 25 | Like me , you know the Abbe Gerard was murdered , and you are looking for that book , a gift from our royal master which , by rights , should now be returned to its proper owner . ’ |
| 26 | Obviously if you did a course in engineering or modern languages and you are going for a job where these skills are required it should not be difficult to explain that this is what positively interests you and you chose the subject because you wanted to go on to employment in the same field . |
| 27 | Perhaps you have had telephone problems of late and you are waiting for the Telecom engineer . |
| 28 | You know how it is Elsie when you go to the show in August and they have those horses jumping and you are waiting for one of the riders to fall off . |
| 29 | well that would make your twenty would n't it because if you have four speakers and you 're aiming for sixteen punters |
| 30 | After you 've swapped your pounds for punts , and you 're looking for a bed to rest your jet-lagged body try Isaac 's , a comfortable hotel in Frenchman 's Lane . |