Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] for " 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 | ‘ This result is exactly what I was looking for , ’ Prost said . |
| 3 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said , ‘ I was looking for something else . ’ |
| 4 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 5 | ‘ I was looking for you all over . |
| 6 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 7 | I was looking for your number once . |
| 8 | I was the one he was looking for , and he was the one I was looking for . ’ |
| 9 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 10 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 11 | I never wilted and was proud of my fighting qualities when I was looking for survival and happy for any form of success . |
| 12 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 13 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 14 | I was looking for a book on how people make them . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ This is what I was looking for , ’ he said , and opened it . |
| 16 | ‘ I was looking for a bird 's nest to show Tory , Mummy . ’ |
| 17 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 18 | I knew exactly what I was looking for , they had to be here somewhere , the one and only pair of knickers left uncontaminated in that disastrous load at the launderette , the stuff that had got washed along with that bargain-price bright-pink non-fast Indian-cotton mini-skirt from C&A . |
| 19 | In myself and other men I was looking for what I was deeply afraid of losing — my wholeness as a man . |
| 20 | The man I was looking for , I thought , was fifty-something , maybe less , still powerful ; not in decline . |
| 21 | Then she asked what salary I was looking for . |
| 22 | ‘ I was looking for engineering companies to invest in and manage , ’ he says . |
| 23 | ‘ I was looking for a sounding board and that 's what I 've got . ’ |
| 24 | Addressed exactly those topics I was looking for . ’ |
| 25 | Since there was no picture with June 's letter I was not aware that I would end up with the cable I was looking for . |
| 26 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 27 | Slater says : ‘ I was looking for a new challenge and I am confident that this club will win honours . ’ |
| 28 | It was a long time before I got the fame I was looking for . |
| 29 | I was looking for then features ed James Brown , who 'd phoned me up on the strength of Issue One of my fanzine This Is This ( which went on to sell in excess of 30 copies to my friends and family ) . |
| 30 | They had already found what I was looking for , traces of gun oil , some brown dog hairs and minute traces of dead flesh . ’ |