Example sentences of "that [pers pn] was [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 2 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 3 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 4 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 5 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 6 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a very worthwhile event , ’ she said , ‘ but I must admit that I was aching for days afterwards ! ’ |
| 8 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 11 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Balbinder would be 8 at Christmas and she saw no evidence of the improvement in learning to read and write that she was hoping for . |
| 14 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 15 | But she wondered if , even given time and the success that she was hoping for , he might ever come to feel the same way about her . |
| 16 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 17 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 18 | Instead , there were rustlings , faint and unintelligible mutterings suggesting that she was looking for something , more footsteps going downstairs , a sharp sound like the slamming of a door and then complete silence . |
| 19 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 20 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 21 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 22 | He told me before she came that she was asking for somewhere secret to stay for a short time . |
| 23 | The realization that she was working for Hauser was opening new horizons for her , but she 'd not had time to work out how she could exploit the knowledge . |
| 24 | If she was not careful all that she was working for , all that she had planned and schemed for , would be lost forever . |
| 25 | By the way her mother fiddled with the handle of her wicker basket Constance could tell that she was longing for the bus to come and take her to Chollerton where her beauty and style might stand some chance of being noticed . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 27 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 28 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It dawned on Folly that she was waiting for a tip and , gathering what she could of her wits , she struggled out of bed to delve in her handbag . |