Example sentences of "that [pers pn] was [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 2 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 3 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |
| 4 | It dawned on Folly that she was waiting for a tip and , gathering what she could of her wits , she struggled out of bed to delve in her handbag . |
| 5 | Your landlady said you was n't married , that you was waiting for a while . |
| 6 | A few years later , that sum was awarded to Robert Maxwell for the false suggestion that he was angling for a peerage , while ten times that amount was lavished on Jeffrey Archer in revenge for the suggestion that he had received a sexual favour from a prostitute he had admitted to paying to leave the country . |
| 7 | She smiled at him , aware that he was angling for an invitation . |
| 8 | When , in 1978 , after four years with the company , Al Clark presented himself in Branson 's office to announce that he was leaving for a job with better pay and more responsibility , Branson 's response was to pull a water pistol from his desk and start firing at him , grinning broadly all the while . |
| 9 | He told me how , at one point in his life , presumably in the 1930s , that he was searching for a new purpose and direction in his life ; one offering greater personal fulfilment . |
| 10 | Working as a pageboy in a club in St James 's in the 1930s , he mentioned to a member that he was looking for a better-paid job . |
| 11 | He issued a series of varied and confusing demands , ranging from reaffirmations of his patriotism to claims that he was fighting for an " authentic democracy " . |
| 12 | He called the tower , told them he had an emergency and that he was returning for a landing . |