Example sentences of "i would [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 2 | 6 Later , in a more morbid vein , he confessed : " I suspected all along that there was little possibility that I would be forgiven for making known publicly that Stalin disgusted me , and that I could not stomach the Nazi-Soviet pact and the events in Finland . |
| 3 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 4 | A few days later I would be leaving for England . |
| 5 | I would be looking for someone like the Beresfords ' youngest daughter — innocence , childlike freshness and beauty . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I said after the European Championships I would be looking for a much more settled squad , ’ said Taylor . |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't convince Burun to let me lead it by telling him that I would be looking for machines , ’ he said finally . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ This means I would be working for £1.50 an hour , ’ said Cath . |
| 13 | 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 . ) |
| 14 | No doubt as to where I would be standing for the eight-hour day , two miles out to sea . |
| 15 | It , it depends on , on your individual circu , if your sister has a baby for you , she 's unlikely to say that I would be recompensed for my loss of earnings . |
| 16 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |