Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] were looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 2 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 3 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 4 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |
| 5 | ‘ If I did n't know just how much you like your job I might actually think you were looking for an escape from it . ’ |
| 6 | These proved to be the isolated buccaneer haunts we were looking for , and the hidden source of most of the nation 's sailing prahus and their mariners . |
| 7 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 8 | The fact that they broke in but did n't take anything , and also that they were obviously professionals , makes me think they were looking for something specific . |
| 9 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
| 10 | ‘ By the time I went to Devonshire I knew that there was a real hound , and I knew we were looking for a man and a woman . |
| 11 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 12 | Although they did n't actually mention it , he said , he began to realise they were looking for suggestions that rituals had taken place , that he and his wife were part of it , and that their children were victims . |
| 13 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 14 | ‘ I think you were looking for these ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You said you were looking for me . ’ |
| 16 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |
| 17 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 18 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 19 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Those burglars he sent — you said they were looking for something . |
| 21 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 22 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 23 | Did you find that work you were looking for ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |