Example sentences of "was [verb] for another [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The battle was on , and was to continue for another year . |
2 | Athenix was looking for another $8m at least and reportedly could n't get more than $4.5m pledged . |
3 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |
4 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
5 | A patient from a Middlesbrough intensive care ward was transferred to North Tees General Hospital , Stockton , at the weekend because the bed was needed for another patient . |
6 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
7 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
8 | In the March 1990 general election ZANU-PF won 116 of the House of Assembly 's elective seats and Mugabe was re-elected for another term as President . |
9 | The Duke did his stately bow at that and then Donald was calling for another song . |
10 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
11 | ‘ The money was brought for another purpose . ’ |
12 | Hexamethonium ( 10 mg/kg ) or atropine ( 0.25 or 0.5 mg/kg ) was injected intravenously and fluid transport was followed for another hour . |
13 | But all the wealth and all the lands of the Talliens could not provide the one element that Nora sought : the fragrance of the oaks — the smell of Normandy in spring ; for spring was gone for another year . |
14 | Instead they believe the 40 year-old father-of-three was mistaken for another man working in the area . |
15 | The woman was mistaken for another patient from the same hosptial who earlier held up a mini-bus driver with a toy gun . |
16 | ) In April 1190 Mozart was hoping for another court appointment under the new emperor , Leopold II , and he implored Puchberg to keep his financial disarray a secret , believing that if it were publicly known it would damage his chances of success . |
17 | She and her best friend cried when they heard I was leaving for another job . |
18 | And at the end of this week he was braced for another blow : the Supreme Court was set to announce whether he would face impeachment proceedings on embezzlement charges . |
19 | Preston was looking stiff because he was braced for another horror story . |
20 | Not really no , I was working for another firm by this time . |