Example sentences of "that [pers pn] was [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winning the title meant that I was selected for Great Britain to run against West Germany in Dortmund . |
| 2 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 6 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 7 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 8 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 9 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a very worthwhile event , ’ she said , ‘ but I must admit that I was aching for days afterwards ! ’ |
| 11 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 12 | ‘ being a common prostitute ’ Proof of this point must be available to negate any defence of accident or mistake , e.g. ‘ That I was waiting for my boy friend or taxi etc . ’ |
| 13 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |
| 14 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 15 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 16 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 17 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
| 18 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 19 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 20 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 21 | Balbinder would be 8 at Christmas and she saw no evidence of the improvement in learning to read and write that she was hoping for . |
| 22 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 23 | But she wondered if , even given time and the success that she was hoping for , he might ever come to feel the same way about her . |
| 24 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 25 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 26 | There was such a vast variety of decorated bowls and jugs and plates that she was spoilt for choice . |
| 27 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 28 | Instead , there were rustlings , faint and unintelligible mutterings suggesting that she was looking for something , more footsteps going downstairs , a sharp sound like the slamming of a door and then complete silence . |
| 29 | She had a curious feeling that greater good fortune would yet be hers , that she was destined for high places . |
| 30 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |