Example sentences of "say he be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Divisional Officer for the N U R , covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , Phil McGarry says he 's looking for a fair deal : |
| 4 | Lawn Tennis : Beaten Borg says he 's playing for fun and the fans |
| 5 | Mr Gatoff says he is looking for offers in the region of £15m . |
| 6 | He says he is praying for rain , but is n't yet resorting to a rain dance . |
| 7 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 8 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | George Underwood : ‘ When you leave school , you have to queue up and see a career 's officer and I remember I was standing right behind David in the queue and asked him what sort of job he was going to say he was looking for . |
| 11 | Thus , French High Commissioner Pignon was hoping for American assistance in replacing and repairing military equipment ; said he was prepared for US military aid to go direct to the Vietnam government ; but also , in order to deter a Chinese invasion of Tonkin , was trying to talk the US into sending warships , particularly aircraft-carriers , into Indo-Chinese waters . |
| 12 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 13 | On arrival , however , Mr Cristiani said he was looking for reconciliation and wanted a ceasefire in El Salvador . |
| 14 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |
| 15 | ‘ He said he was looking for enthusiasm and his gut instinct for people . ’ |
| 16 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( CI No 2,117 ) : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 17 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 18 | The club 's community development officer , Mike Rigg , said he was looking for eight unemployed young men and women , aged 19 or over , to organise soccer schools as part of the 12-month Employment Training plan . |
| 19 | He started looking into corners for the bugging device , though he said he was searching for a stray cigarette , left over from the days when he smoked . |
| 20 | He said he was coming for some gnocchi tonight . |
| 21 | The sun had not yet risen when Eddie Aikau said he was going for help . |
| 22 | The police , having interviewed working colleagues of the victim at the London Docks , had elicited information to the effect that at the end of his shift he met two men outside the gates and said he was going for a drink with them . |
| 23 | He also said he was going for a job that morning . |
| 24 | Mrs Topp , 69 , told the coroner : ‘ He said he was going for a walk around the block to clear his head . |
| 25 | At the same time as Schuler made his decision Scott Pierce , a regular member of the New Zealand sevens side and a long-service North Harbour man , also said he was heading for Japan . |
| 26 | Or did she say he 's going for an interview in June for the Met , or something , anyway . |