Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos say I was looking for angles and that would 've just been fifty up here would n't it . |
| 2 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 3 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 4 | Supermarkets themselves say they 're catering for increasing customer demand , customers too seem to reinforce that attitude . |
| 5 | They say they 're speaking for everyone , but they 're not . |
| 6 | they organized their own child care practices , all the things that women say they 're fighting for today , has actually been done before , and done very successfully . |
| 7 | Medical campaigners say they 're fighting for quality of life . |
| 8 | They say they are looking for ‘ a more just society ’ . |
| 9 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 10 | Rebels say they are heading for victory |
| 11 | The Health Authority say they are waiting for the results of national pay talks before coming to an agreement with their clerical workers . |
| 12 | I find it difficult to understand those who say they are planning for next year 's championships — what is the point , they could be run over by a bus before next year ? |
| 13 | They say he was looking for evidence of natura naturans ‘ all-creating nature ’ , rather than natura naturata , ‘ the made world ’ ; in certain seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing of unimpeachable orthodoxy reference is made to anima mundi , a spirit pervading the world and supplying the continuing presence of God . |
| 14 | And then as we was coming home from Pete 's , a chap stopped us and asked us where was so I told him where was he said I 'm looking for a little black and white house I said it 's right there look ! |
| 15 | Mrs Armitage says she 's fighting for other families too . |
| 16 | She says we are looking for people who can pull a crowd as well as have a bit of fun . |
| 17 | He says we are pressing for compensation for more of these men . |
| 18 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 19 | It says they are fighting for freedom for their people . |
| 20 | And then you get lots of other unwelcome knocks on the door — one man who says he 's looking for number 11 , another who says he 's a taxi-driver who 's come to the wrong house — and he probably is but his timing is enough to make you rush about panicking and locking the place up like Fort Knox . |
| 21 | The Divisional Officer for the N U R , covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , Phil McGarry says he 's looking for a fair deal : |
| 22 | Lawn Tennis : Beaten Borg says he 's playing for fun and the fans |
| 23 | Mr Gatoff says he is looking for offers in the region of £15m . |
| 24 | He says he is praying for rain , but is n't yet resorting to a rain dance . |
| 25 | Bethpage , New York-based defence electronics and aircraft manufacturer Grumman Corp says it is looking for an acquisition in the electronics , systems integration , or data systems areas — but it must be the right fit at the right price and the company ‘ wo n't force it . ’ |
| 26 | Chairman Murray had said he was looking for an apology from Crosby over rumours linking the Sunderland boss in a reunion with former manager Denis Smith at Bristol City . |
| 27 | I get embarrassed when I 'm putting out there because so many people keep asking me how long and how many more times do you have to keep saying we 're waiting for the lorry to turn up . |
| 28 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 29 | So I said I was waiting for my sister , Mrs Webb . |
| 30 | ‘ You said you were looking for me . ’ |