Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said , ‘ I was looking for something else . ’ |
| 2 | I was looking for something fast and reliable , but not ostentatious . |
| 3 | He said between gasps : ‘ I was looking for something . ’ |
| 4 | I was looking for something in my own handwriting . |
| 5 | I knew I was looking for something . |
| 6 | Well it 's Sunday I was looking for something nothing ? |
| 7 | That 's , that 's from er I was looking for something else where did I wonder what I 've done with those . |
| 8 | In myself and other men I was looking for what I was deeply afraid of losing — my wholeness as a man . |
| 9 | Peter Cook always used to say he did n't know why I was looking for myself , he knew exactly where I was ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But I was looking for someone else . |
| 12 | So long as I was looking for someone who might want to murder Michael Banks , I was getting nowhere . |
| 13 | ‘ I was looking for you all over . |
| 14 | But when I looked down , I saw the board was all made of bones and wire ; and I screamed and you said , " Swim — everybody swim " ; and then I was looking for you everywhere and trying to drag you out of a hole in the bank . |
| 15 | I was looking for you . |
| 16 | They took hold of each other with an awkward kind of formality , and he said , ‘ I was looking for you earlier . ’ |
| 17 | I was looking for you . |
| 18 | I was looking for you earlier . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was looking for you , Robert . |
| 20 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |
| 21 | I wondered what he was up to when I spotted him coming back inside while I was looking for you . ’ |
| 22 | I was looking for it . |
| 23 | I was looking for your number once . |
| 24 | We goes up town the following week then to get and I forget what I was looking for , oh it was I was looking for your blouse |
| 25 | ‘ I was looking for my matches , ’ said Bunny crossly . |
| 26 | I was looking for my wife . ’ |
| 27 | Look , I was looking for my pen and it was there all along . |
| 28 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 29 | I was watching for him erm I 'd been to the loo and I glanced out the er landing window and I thought it looked too tall for you . |
| 30 | A few years ago , at a symposium in eastern Europe , I was chided for my non-Marxist attitude on stratigraphical theory . |