Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean you could n't just say you were going for a walk ? ’ |
| 2 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 3 | It was navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons , mostly keels which were used for transporting coal and lime to Leven and took away corn and various commodities made in the village such as candles , rope , and a certain type of brick . |
| 4 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 5 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 6 | And although the guys knew each other pretty well , they did n't know they were each coming to me , and they also did n't know they were asking for essentially the same mods ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What were you erm what were you s how come you were waiting for Jim tonight ? |
| 9 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |