Example sentences of "i [vb mod] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'd be sending for the police . |
| 32 | Too late for any more useful sleep , I 'd be leaving for London at six to avoid the rush . |
| 33 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 34 | A few days later I would be leaving for England . |
| 35 | I would be looking for someone like the Beresfords ' youngest daughter — innocence , childlike freshness and beauty . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I said after the European Championships I would be looking for a much more settled squad , ’ said Taylor . |
| 37 | ‘ You did n't convince Burun to let me lead it by telling him that I would be looking for machines , ’ he said finally . |
| 38 | Probably five eight rather than cos yeah I erm okay see erm right right right erm , so the thing that I would be looking for , if I could find this , would be what 's doing the colouring and how , how does that work ? |
| 39 | I think , I hope we 've pointed out to you the essential differences between what Brian would be looking for as a , as a magazine editor if you like , and what I would be looking for as a , as a news editor . |
| 40 | You know , hardly get a go-round in the in the Dictionary of Quotations but at least you got the person there which is right , but in actual fact , how I might have treated that and I might what might have grabbed me a little bit more would have been the story which I would be looking for , I 'd be looking for my journalist to turn that into and therefore you might as well try and do it for us , because journalists like , like count on your labour , as I |
| 41 | What I would be looking for there is that you 've got a council , I do n't know how many people there are , and you 've got a thousand plus tonnes of waste you know you 've got a waste mountain being produced . |
| 42 | ‘ This means I would be working for £1.50 an hour , ’ said Cath . |
| 43 | Words uttered in haste often have a prophetic ring to them ; within a month Benjamin and I would be fighting for our lives on icy waters in Somerset . ) |
| 44 | No doubt as to where I would be standing for the eight-hour day , two miles out to sea . |
| 45 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |
| 46 | I find that quite incredible , if it 's true erm if it 's true then it 's a very serious allegation which Labour is making against the officers in social services department and I imagine that if er , that if those numbers are proven then er I I shall be looking I shall be looking for scalps because I have been , I would have been , so would the Liberal party and so would the Labour party , have been wrongly informed . |
| 47 | She said : ‘ I shall be calling for a boycott — Barry Fry is Barnet , not Stan Flashman . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ Having said that , though , I am sure I 've got the ability to do something and I shall be aiming for a points finish at least . ’ |
| 49 | John MacLean , the Llanelli chairman and a national representative of the WRU , said : ‘ I 'm disappointed with the decision and I shall be asking for a detailed explanation of the management committee 's decision . ’ |
| 50 | but I shall be asking for one and we 'll see what personnel says . |
| 51 | I will be voting for the motion and I will be voting against the amendment . |
| 52 | I 'd like to address the reasons why I will be voting for this motion today . |
| 53 | So I will be voting for a party whose manifesto puts animal welfare high on its agenda . |
| 54 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 55 | ‘ What I will be looking for is a commitment that spending ( on the NHS ) will be a priority and that the money is there , ’ he said . |
| 56 | I will be looking for a technique based on the recreational values of safety , economy of effort and enjoyment . |
| 57 | I said to the local authorities in September that from now on I will be looking for schemes which encourage cycling — they 're more likely to attract grants from central government than authorities which concentrate exclusively on roads . |
| 58 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
| 59 | ‘ I will be looking for a good attitude from everyone . ’ |
| 60 | I will be staying for the weekend and going back on the train on Sunday night . |