Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] for my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was looking for my matches , ’ said Bunny crossly . |
| 2 | I was looking for my wife . ’ |
| 3 | Look , I was looking for my pen and it was there all along . |
| 4 | A few years ago , at a symposium in eastern Europe , I was chided for my non-Marxist attitude on stratigraphical theory . |
| 5 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
| 6 | And then , just as I was reaching for my battered copy of Einstein , Jon Snow gave away the secret . |
| 7 | Anyway talking of nonsense you should 've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey . |
| 8 | When I was leaving for my mother . |
| 9 | I was trained for my new work at the main ARP centre in the Fulham Road . |
| 10 | Like every other Cabinet minister , I was asked for my opinion . |
| 11 | Er when I was asked for my opinion afterwards erm er I said er well I I quite honestly I was n't er interviewed . |
| 12 | When I was asking for my referred leads yesterday , what did I say ? |
| 13 | Colin says , ‘ I had to keep telling myself I was falling for my mother-in-law ! ’ |
| 14 | I told him I was waiting for my boyfriend , and he got back in his car but still sat there , looking at me . |
| 15 | While I was waiting for my companions to stir , I put water on to boil , but soon noticed that the stove had given up . |
| 16 | ‘ being a common prostitute ’ Proof of this point must be available to negate any defence of accident or mistake , e.g. ‘ That I was waiting for my boy friend or taxi etc . ’ |
| 17 | So I said I was waiting for my sister , Mrs Webb . |
| 18 | Instead of being supported by the teaching staff , I was criticised for my actions , and consequently decided it would be best to keep quiet about such incidents during my training , as I knew any real change could only be made from within the profession . |
| 19 | I was going for my usual roundhouse and the Lord said , ‘ Do n't finish that roundhouse . ’ |
| 20 | With the increasing irritation I was feeling for my lover , I was faced with the realization that the early promise of happiness infinitely extended was dramati-cally receding . |
| 21 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 22 | It was paying for my Communications course . ’ |
| 23 | Springsteen was out but there were tell-tale signs that he 'd been ruling the roost and no evidence that he was pining for my return . |