Example sentences of "for something [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life . |
| 2 | ‘ I kept looking for something that would tell me ( the PTL managers ) kept it from Bakker himself … but it never came . ’ |
| 3 | In her early days , looking for something that would make her consultancy just that little bit different , she chose to have an all-women agency . |
| 4 | Pascoe was walking through their house , ten years before , going from room to room , first puzzled , then anxious , then searching for something that would explain her absence . |
| 5 | It 's different when a respected UK dealer makes substantiated claims for something that will affect his reputation for better or worse . |