Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found she was bursting for a pee , but was determined not to repeat Estelle 's performance . |
| 2 | He believed she was to blame for the tide of scandal enveloping the Royal Family . |
| 3 | Chairman Murray had said he was looking for an apology from Crosby over rumours linking the Sunderland boss in a reunion with former manager Denis Smith at Bristol City . |
| 4 | I do n't think she was fooled for a minute by Werewolf 's professional decoy act , but she went along with it . |
| 5 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 6 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |
| 7 | He could see she was preparing for a party . |
| 8 | Lady Eleanor replied she was going for a walk behind the church . ’ |
| 9 | AN election candidate was last night accused of abusing democracy after some of the people who signed his nomination papers said they were not told he was standing for the far-Right British National Party . |
| 10 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 12 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 13 | But I must have done well the term before , or perhaps he was slacking , or both , because there we were together and Nigel as he then called himself was asking for a pound . |
| 14 | My wife , Joyce also came close and peered , but in her case I believe she was looking for a miracle . |
| 15 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 16 | Nourse LJ thought it worth mentioning Lord Blackburn 's comment , based on Blackstone , that ‘ the sheriff also was bound to raise the hue and cry , and call out the posse comitatus of the county whenever it was necessary for any police purposes ; in so doing he was acting for the Crown ’ . |
| 17 | Men teachers claim to understand what was required for the review slightly better than women , to experience slightly more preliminary discussion about the review and to take more part in staff questionnaires as a review strategy . |
| 18 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
| 19 | This confused Benny at first , until she realized that they must have been going deeper into the complex , while Froebe would have assumed she was making for the outside . |
| 20 | Singled out from the dogs ' home Sorrel knew she was destined for a special life . |
| 21 | She knew she was overdressed for the occasion but had n't realised it would make her look both predatory and incom-petently so , since one of the main adult sports at Chris 's school was trying to get that nice Major Maxim remarried . |
| 22 | How could she admit she was hoping for the opportunity to have an amicable discussion which would result in his agreement to visit his stepmother ? |
| 23 | They used a ‘ Whose fault ? ’ technique , in which children were asked who was to blame for an unsuccessful piece of communication — e.g. , where the listener 's choice of referent did not match that of the speaker . |
| 24 | Rain thought she was trying for a dramatic effect , but she was a poor actress and the result was that she looked petulant . |
| 25 | And just when I thought everything was changing for the better . |
| 26 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 27 | The Doctor nodded to himself as one piece of the puzzle clicked into place , explaining why everyone thought he was looking for a missing British Consul , obviously this man . |
| 28 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 29 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 30 | I thought he was going for the interview for the job |