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 . |