Example sentences of "be that [pron] [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I ca n't remember the exact conversation but the basics of it were that we were looking for somebody called Lawrence and he was at the present time at erm and that he was in possession of a gun and that the caller was concerned for the safety of the occupants of those premises . |
| 2 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 3 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | All he could say was that we were waiting for something to happen . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 7 | My understanding was that you were working for and that you would send your invoice to him . |
| 8 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |