Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was destined for great things — Oxford or Cambridge , a string of letters after my name , a successful academic career , and would no doubt end up being the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 2 | And I was looking for real ones this time . |
| 3 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 4 | ‘ I was looking for new challenges , and Cassell as a large independent commercial publisher offers me the scope to publish a wide range of books in a commercial environment . ’ |
| 5 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 6 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 7 | I was looking for Old Saul 's skull . |
| 8 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 9 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 10 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 11 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 12 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 13 | In 1971 I was hoping for great things , because the British Open was at Birkdale , my home-course , but Tom could n't handle Birkdale . |
| 14 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 15 | Mind you , when I was skivvying for that Brixton fam'ly , the head of the fam'ly did n't 'alf take a fancy to me . ’ |
| 16 | She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job . |
| 17 | I was to starve for thirty-six hours beforehand , take a powerful laxative and drink plenty of clear fluids ‘ including alcohol if you wish ’ . |
| 18 | less than an hour , oh I was waiting for those results well I 'd drink me tea as well obviously but |
| 19 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
| 20 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
| 21 | ‘ I was devastated for four months after finishing second to Woosnam last year , but now I realise the value of that defeat . |
| 22 | Well that 's what I thought I was going for this morning as well as that one . |
| 23 | Not really no , I was working for another firm by this time . |
| 24 | I was to work for smelly Perkins for a whole week . |
| 25 | She was treated for 1 month with valproate 2 g daily ( 40 mg/kg ) , then nausea , vomiting , and abdominal pain occurred . |
| 26 | Joanna was kept in hospital for 10 weeks , during which time she was tested for all kinds of illnesses . |
| 27 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 28 | She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits . |
| 29 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 30 | She was smoking for twenty-five years . |