Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was destined for great things — Oxford or Cambridge , a string of letters after my name , a successful academic career , and would no doubt end up being the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 2 | And I was looking for real ones this time . |
| 3 | know when I was looking for that |
| 4 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 5 | ‘ I was looking for new challenges , and Cassell as a large independent commercial publisher offers me the scope to publish a wide range of books in a commercial environment . ’ |
| 6 | I was looking for this blooming half thing sticking out ! |
| 7 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 8 | I was looking the other day , when I was looking for some of these things . |
| 9 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 10 | Celery seeds , I was looking for some of those yesterday . |
| 11 | I was looking for these and you got drunk and eat them ! |
| 12 | I was looking for Old Saul 's skull . |
| 13 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 14 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 15 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 18 | I was hoping for 13 from games 7–12 and will be happy to achieve that . |
| 19 | In 1971 I was hoping for great things , because the British Open was at Birkdale , my home-course , but Tom could n't handle Birkdale . |
| 20 | ‘ I was hoping for platinum-blonde , or red , but now it 's dry I find it 's plain old mouse . ’ |
| 21 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 22 | Mind you , when I was skivvying for that Brixton fam'ly , the head of the fam'ly did n't 'alf take a fancy to me . ’ |
| 23 | She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job . |
| 24 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 25 | Cause for one thing I was buying for more . |
| 26 | Yeah , its within your budget and you 've done well , I went over budget , but then I expected I would , because for one thing I was buying for more . |
| 27 | And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way . |
| 28 | I was trying for that one . |
| 29 | If I was charged for all that I get , I know it would cost too much for me to pay . |
| 30 | I was playing for that . |