Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm sure that that was what I was somehow looking for . |
| 2 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
| 3 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |
| 4 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I was just looking for a reference |
| 6 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah I was just looking for a memory jogger here , I just could n't remember what it was |
| 8 | Oh I was just looking for that . |
| 9 | I was just looking for something . |
| 10 | ‘ No , I was just lookin' for a bit more money , honest , ’ gasped Dolly , the knife a hideous threat . |
| 11 | It soon became evident that the orchestra was fractionally behind on several entries — not enough to unsettle the soloist-aware listener , but after a while I was just waiting for it to happen . |
| 12 | Before without really knowing it , I was just preparing for that one lesson to get through that one lesson , but partly I think as a matter of survival in this situation , because I had never taught children before and really did n't have an overview at that point . |
| 13 | Reveals Jon : ‘ I was just paying for my shopping when the gun battle started . |
| 14 | I was just going for a wash , ’ said Julia who was well aware that Miss Coldharbour would make the connection between those two statements . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I was just waitin' for 'im , ’ said Archie easily . |
| 16 | I was also paying for my moped . |
| 17 | I was also working for Visionhire and hating every minute of it . |
| 18 | I was unconsciously striving for something different ; I got that from my mother who could n't carry it forward for herself . " |
| 19 | ( I was really asking for you ) . |
| 20 | I 'm all dirty , I was really waiting for daddy to come back up . |
| 21 | Could he honestly believe that when I went off to work at nine o'clock each morning I was really heading for some regular-as-clockwork day-long love-nest ? |
| 22 | The hospital 's senior house officer , Dr Ewing Forrest , told the inquiry : ‘ I was specifically looking for subarachnoid haemorrhage but there was no evidence of irritation . |
| 23 | I was actively looking for any hint of SCUM support for about 6 weeks after the campaign … not ONE solitary supporter could be found . |
| 24 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 25 | I was always waiting for Saturday . |
| 26 | I was always waiting for the day when I would be beaten up , but it never came . |
| 27 | I was always heading for the carvery and eating too much . |
| 28 | I was always heading for the carvery and eating too much . |
| 29 | I realize now that somewhere inside myself this is what I was always longing for . ’ |
| 30 | It was happening with a few students because I was still teaching for two or three months after ‘ Surfing ’ was released . |