Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was obviously looking for directions , but he certain |
| 2 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 3 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 4 | He was apparently speaking for George Bush , who had been upset both by the tales of torture in an Amnesty report and by the inadequacy of the Kuwaiti government changes . |
| 5 | However , in early 1936 , the position was apparently discouraging for Jacques . |
| 6 | The US State Department said on Tuesday it suspected Serbian arms destined for Somalia were on the ship which was apparently heading for Kenya . |
| 7 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |
| 8 | He said the parish was already searching for premises large enough to house its office and the CAB . |
| 9 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |
| 10 | She gasped at this admission , then realised he was just looking for ways to beat himself up . |
| 11 | Jordan knew all that , he was just asking for asking 's sake . |
| 12 | we was just practising for recorders ? |
| 13 | Andover had closed down and the ramp was just waiting for fate . |
| 14 | ‘ I was not fishing for compliments ! ’ |
| 15 | Tom , likewise , was not searching for love . |
| 16 | Shildon was not waiting for Rain and the landlord had not seen anyone fitting his description . |
| 17 | But Albie was not working for Carmichael . |
| 18 | It could fatten on coarser feed than the Durham and was early maturing for beef , and the oxen could be good draught workers as well as slaughter beasts , though the cows were not good milkers . |
| 19 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 20 | I was always waiting for Saturday . |
| 21 | The Colonel explained that he was still waiting for orders , and the General swore like the trooper he had once been and said that a French officer did not need orders when the enemy was in plain sight . |
| 22 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 23 | The same fusion of techniques can be found even earlier , while Elvis was still recording for Sun . |
| 24 | McDonough was still playing for Luton Town when he was arrested at the Ritzy nightclub in Dunstable in February this year . |
| 25 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 26 | Three years ago the agency was clearly struggling for profitability , coming well down the annual leagaue table for the industry prepared by accountants Spicer and Oppenheim . |
| 27 | On the other hand , John Wayne was enthusiastically campaigning for George Wallace , the segregationist governor of Alabama . |
| 28 | The SPD was also calling for defence spending cuts [ see also below ] , including the cancellation of the European fighter aircraft ( EFA or Eurofighter ) , which was to be built by a European consortium including British Aerospace [ see p. 37212 ] . |
| 29 | He was also looking for ways to satisfy the recurrent Treasury demands for economy . |
| 30 | I was also working for Visionhire and hating every minute of it . |