Example sentences of "[adj] what [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were not sure what they were looking for but it was almost certainly for these 10 or 12 instruments that were now gaping holes in the dashboard of the abandoned aeroplane down on the airfield . |
| 2 | It made her howl with bitterness when she was alone in the weeks that followed , and it made her grit her teeth as she strode through the streets looking for revenge , or for her baby , or for Dorothy , not too sure what she was looking for but usually coming home with nothing better than a bag of old tins . |
| 3 | Because she was n't sure what she was looking for . |
| 4 | She was n't entirely sure what she was looking for but she remembered what Amy had said about her husband 's church in one of the group sessions at St Sylvester 's . |
| 5 | I was n't too sure what I was looking for , so I was n't disappointed at not finding anything obvious . |
| 6 | I 'm not sure what I 'm aiming for when I look in the mirror . |
| 7 | I 'm sweating and straining my ears , unsure what I 'm listening for . |
| 8 | As far as examining goes , or marking essays , I assume that most of my colleagues take the sort of line that I do , that what we 're looking for is not a particular interpretation of something , but an ability to get to grips with texts , to produce an argument that 's logical , coherent , well-written and is supported from the texts . |
| 9 | Often at this time of day , when he felt the day 's journey should be ending or reaching a destination , but knowing that it was not , knowing that what he was looking for probably happened after everybody else had gone home , he wished that he could end his days walking at the edge of a sea or a lake so big that you could n't see its other shore . |
| 10 | Do you want his purple one , is that what you 're looking for ? |
| 11 | Is that what you 're having for your tea . |