Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] were [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The referees you were looking for you |
| 2 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 3 | Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her . |
| 4 | I put on that your newsletter that I sent round in York er to tell staff we were going for it again , so you know th |
| 5 | But the men had to balance it up by , what they called chits , tha that came on every garment and how much er money they were getting for it . |
| 6 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 7 | After a shaky start , the Meteors are on a roll … yesterday against the Solihull Dodgers they were looking for their fifth successive win . |
| 8 | In 1987 , the staff at Orsay realised the need to provide more help to visitors to ‘ see better the works we were proposing for their viewing , ’ said Francoise LeCoz , director of the multimedia workshop . |
| 9 | Scholars like John Aubrey ( 1626–1697 ) became interested in the information they were collecting for its own sake , and not simply as evidence gathered to prove a particular point of view . |