Example sentences of "was [v-ing] for [coord] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She was n't entirely sure what she was looking for but she remembered what Amy had said about her husband 's church in one of the group sessions at St Sylvester 's .
2 Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified .
3 I knew roughly what I was looking for and I found it on the floor under a seat frame from which the seat had been removed .
4 We knew what he was looking for and it was n't there .
5 He had n't got the information I was waiting for but he rang me back at about a quarter to ten .
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