Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they both were searching for some lost part of themselves this summer . |
| 2 | For the next hour the fairground gradually filled with people , mainly families with young children or teenagers who had become bored with their tour round the factory and were looking for some excitement . |
| 3 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 4 | they have large pans , but even they were looking for some large pans ! |
| 5 | It happened as bride Cathy and her sister Andree from Holywood were going for some official pictures for their album . |
| 6 | It was not that both sides were preparing for some future war to deter the other side . |
| 7 | Maybe scum gangs were uniting for some big upward raid , eh ? |
| 8 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
| 9 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 10 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 11 | I was looking the other day , when I was looking for some of these things . |
| 12 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 13 | Celery seeds , I was looking for some of those yesterday . |
| 14 | Tormented , Eliot was searching for some sort of salvation . |
| 15 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 16 | Did he think she was lying for some reason ? |
| 17 | The idea of two particles so near in mass was troubling for some people and made them wonder if some misinterpretations had occurred ; in particular Patrick Blackett , another Nobel Laureate , raised a question as to whether there might be other explanations of the pion decay . |
| 18 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 19 | She said that she was waiting for some of her belongings to be sent on , but she 'd supply all her tax and National Insurance details as soon as they came . |
| 20 | He was speaking for some time and when he had finished he turned to his wife . |
| 21 | He said he was coming for some gnocchi tonight . |
| 22 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 23 | I was hoping for some money , as I was saving frantically to buy the owl for myself . |
| 24 | The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 . |
| 25 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |
| 26 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
| 27 | She was longing for some peace and privacy , believing that now the wedding was over she would slip back into relative obscurity . |