Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 2 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 3 | There 's the one I were looking for . |
| 4 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
| 5 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 6 | She thought he would say nothing more , then he went on slowly , ‘ Gabriella and I were engaged for only three months . |
| 7 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
| 8 | So I were working for nothing really . |
| 9 | You imagine that if I were to catalogue for you the incidents of my life , and tell you all my memories , you would come to know me better . |
| 10 | Terry er sorry Roger if , if I were interviewing for posts , I would appoint , and you know full well I would , the people that I thought were best for that job . |
| 11 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 12 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 13 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 14 | But , in meantime while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad ! |
| 15 | And Jerry and I were posing for pictures … ’ |
| 16 | you tell mother when I were fighting for me country , he ai n't got a bloody scratch on him now |
| 17 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
| 18 | I were applying for jobs … |
| 19 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 20 | His voice sounded odd to him , as if someone were speaking for him . |
| 21 | During the later stages of the field surveys which were made for this Flora , the National Vegetation Classification project ( NVC ) was being carried out . |
| 22 | If there are orthographic paragraph divisions in the original version of this text which were made for the sake of appearance on the page , then we have little hope of identifying such divisions in any formal way . |
| 23 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 24 | This was one reason why the predictions of ruin which were made for the peasantry failed at this stage even to look like coming true in some of the most industrialised and developed countries . |
| 25 | FLYING SCOTSMAN SERVICES have cancelled their two Welshman services which were planned for this month . |
| 26 | The meeting was reported to have seen differences between Syria , Iraq , Sudan and Libya on the one hand , which were pushing for a more intransigent Arab League position , and the Gulf states on the other , which spoke out for " international legitimacy " ( according to Radio Monte Carlo on April 30 ) . |
| 27 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 28 | John Paul II described how he personally scrutinised successive drafts — 10 in all — which were presented for his consideration . |
| 29 | In Canada it came to be known as ‘ The 10 Lost Years ’ , which were devastating for those on the prairies and very difficult for those in the cities . |
| 30 | This is a summary of the arrangements which were adopted for the Phase 1 Pilots , a statement of the impressions which have been collected of their operation and an outline of the interim conclusions which have been reached . |