Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] was [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember a graphic example of this when I was working for a blessedly short period as a Russian interpreter in Berlin in 1946 . |
| 2 | And I did n't want to have that 'cause I was looking for respect for me but also for my area of work and it was an absolutely deliberate act . |
| 3 | Strolling rather than walking he reached the point where the footpath to Trebyan left the road ; it was by no means obvious unless one was looking for it : a ditch , a screen of willows , and a stile all but covered with ivy . |
| 4 | The Earl of Northumberland had given him a coach and four horses , ‘ a gift greater than I was beholding for to any subject ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw one 30-year-old man collapse dead as he was looking for ( US aid ) parachutes . ’ |