Example sentences of "[conj] you [was/were] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your landlady said you was n't married , that you was waiting for a while . |
| 2 | If you were looking for a physico-chemical reason for this fact rather than the , more usual , historical one you could do worse than suggest a capacity to make helical molecules . |
| 3 | If you were thinking of herbaceous plants , good ones to try are Iris unguicularis and Helleborus niger , if you were looking for a shrub , I would suggest Chimonanthus praecox , or winter sweet ; Lonicera fragrantissima , one of the hammelis , perhaps H. mollis , H. intermedia or H. japonica , or Viburnum x bodnantense . |
| 4 | IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay . |
| 5 | ‘ If you were looking for a real boost to the industry then these first 10 days should have been much better , ’ said a City analyst . |
| 6 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 7 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 8 | But first , if you were hoping for a swift end to the depression in the housing market , think again . |
| 9 | If you were preparing for the paper to which the above chart refers , it would obviously be very foolish to enter the examination without a very full understanding of topics 1a , 4 and 5 ( six years out of seven ) , but it would be equally foolish to assume that you need pay no attention to 11 ( two years out of seven ) . |
| 10 | If you were going for a MacDonalds how long do you think it would take ? |
| 11 | * Is your sickness due to an accident which happened while you were working for an employer ? |
| 12 | * Is your sickness due to a prescribed industrial disease caused by conditions at work , while you were working for an employer ? |
| 13 | ‘ We are told that you were chatting to him , amongst others , while you were waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 14 | Mrs Darling , what was going through your mind when you were waiting for the verdict ? |
| 15 | ‘ I was here when you was collecting for the Foundling Hospital yesterday , and I wondered if a shilling would help . |