Example sentences of "man [pers pn] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man I was looking for , I thought , was fifty-something , maybe less , still powerful ; not in decline . |
| 2 | ‘ Unlike … unlike the man you 're looking for . ’ |
| 3 | My name 's Paul Richardson , and I believe I 'm just the man you 're looking for . ’ |
| 4 | Always the man you 're looking for . |
| 5 | ‘ The man you 're waiting for to make you his wife ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No , not the man we 're looking for . |
| 7 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 8 | Police have described the man they 're looking for as white , in his early twenties , five feet eight to nine inches tall , and with a local accent . |
| 9 | Police have released a description of the man they 're looking for in the Tewkesbury attack . |
| 10 | The police say the man they 're looking for is around five feet 10 inches tall and in his late twenties . |
| 11 | Police found the man they were looking for in a horsebox . |
| 12 | This was the type of man he was looking for and , by his own account , not infrequently found . |
| 13 | Branson found just the man he was looking for in James Kingsley , Professor of English Studies at Nottingham University . |
| 14 | The man he was looking for , a Greek , was sitting at a table outside a cafe , deep in conversation with three Arabs . |
| 15 | In myself and other men I was looking for what I was deeply afraid of losing — my wholeness as a man . |
| 16 | But I 'll find the men I 'm looking for sooner or later . |
| 17 | The men they 're looking for are those with skills saleable on the black economy — plumbers , mechanics , electricians , etc . |