Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] were [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 2 | ‘ If I did n't know just how much you like your job I might actually think you were looking for an escape from it . ’ |
| 3 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 4 | I suppose you were named for the Queen . ’ |
| 5 | You believe we were attacked for the same reason and probably by the same person . |
| 6 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
| 7 | ‘ By the time I went to Devonshire I knew that there was a real hound , and I knew we were looking for a man and a woman . |
| 8 | We thought we were going for a month or so , until the fighting died down . |
| 9 | GUESTS staying in Holiday Inn hotels did n't realise they were paying for a surprise extra — a peephole for staff to spy on them in bed . |
| 10 | It is believed they were heading for the South Shields area when they disappeared Witness plea : Police have appealed for witnesses to a disturbance in the Albert Street and Princess Square area of central Harrogate on Friday . |
| 11 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 12 | The hostess of the coffee place thought they were waiting for a table and corrected them for not standing in the queue . |
| 13 | Seventy five I think , yeah , seventy five I think they were paying for the . |
| 14 | I think he were going for a , a month , a month and a half summat like that , and he said it were out of this world . |
| 15 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 16 | To say they were playing for a 0–0 is an understatement . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean you could n't just say you were going for a walk ? ’ |
| 18 | Their owner believes they were stolen for a private collector abroad . |