Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 3 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |
| 4 | Jordan knew all that , he was just asking for asking 's sake . |
| 5 | Andover had closed down and the ramp was just waiting for fate . |
| 6 | Tom , likewise , was not searching for love . |
| 7 | Shildon was not waiting for Rain and the landlord had not seen anyone fitting his description . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 10 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 11 | The same fusion of techniques can be found even earlier , while Elvis was still recording for Sun . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ] . |
| 14 | Er here erm you can form your own views about whether Mill 's right or wrong , I mean that the situation of a secret ballot was brought in to erm overcome as one where the local industrist industrialist who employed half the member of the town was also standing for parliament . |
| 15 | It is clear from reading Hansard that the Committee was repeatedly asking for guidance as to the effect of the legislation once subclause ( 4 ) of clause 54 was abandoned . |
| 16 | I 'm all dirty , I was really waiting for daddy to come back up . |
| 17 | And er my chum 's mother , she was a forewoman French polisher and he asked her to come and er work along with him you know , but it was I mean that was during the depression years , that was in the the twenties right through to the you know the The first bright spot was when the Queen Mary got started it gave people And then of course , just after that , things was beginning to pick up , but it was really preparing for war . |
| 18 | She had been taken to Hastings Hospital and was now waiting for X-ray results . |
| 19 | The AWB , he said , was now preparing for revolution and its main priority would be the strengthening of its commandos . |
| 20 | Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ? |
| 21 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 22 | This was particularly striking for control and variety and use of skills . |
| 23 | I was n't looking for trouble . |
| 24 | No , sorry I was n't asking for view on the exercise done by Mr . |