Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was [v-ing] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 4 | He could see she was preparing for a party . |
| 5 | Lady Eleanor replied she was going for a walk behind the church . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 8 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 9 | My wife , Joyce also came close and peered , but in her case I believe she was looking for a miracle . |
| 10 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Rain thought she was trying for a dramatic effect , but she was a poor actress and the result was that she looked petulant . |
| 16 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 19 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 20 | I thought he was going for the interview for the job |
| 21 | The candidate thought he was going for an interview to be MD when the client thought he was to meet the proposed finance director . |
| 22 | It was a brief letter from an address in Chelsea , telling him that the writer had heard he was looking for a sibling , affirming that the writer of the letter was probably that person , and suggesting a meeting . |
| 23 | It 's like Tracey said with you 're I mean she did her gold star she was waiting for the letter to come through , Tracey . |
| 24 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 25 | Here was silly old me thinking I was working FOR the fantastic IPC . |
| 26 | She made her get into bed and said she was sending for the blue ladies right away . |
| 27 | ‘ She used to say she was coming for a day and stay a week , ’ Rosemary said . |
| 28 | He never found anything ; when I left he was waiting for a new pair to be brought up from Auckland , and wondering if the insurance company would cough up . |
| 29 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( CI No 2,117 ) : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 30 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |