Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 2 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 3 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 5 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 6 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 7 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 8 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 9 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 10 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 11 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 12 | I actually first realised this at the second year , that when I was looking for the , the previous year , I noticed that in July the business went and I thought , because everybody 's gone on holiday . |
| 13 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 14 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 15 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |
| 16 | So you could say I was prepared for the ‘ English way of Life ’ from what I 'd read . |
| 17 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 18 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 19 | He rang while I was reaching for the phone . |
| 20 | I was intended for the religious life . |
| 21 | I went to your flat the other day , I was collecting for the blind . |
| 22 | I was apologising for the noise was n't I ? |
| 23 | Maybe I was hoping for the impossible — that they 'd control their situation once they reached the football stadiums . |
| 24 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 25 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 26 | I first started to write at school and I 'd charge a few pence for each story — you should have seen what I was writing for the girls . |
| 27 | It was gratifying to me that he approved the political and economic articles I was writing for the New English Weekly . |
| 28 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 29 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 30 | Jan Holt , director , explains : ‘ I realised something had to be done when , on a recent trip abroad , I was mistaken for the hotel lift attendant . ’ |