Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] look for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 2 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 3 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 4 | Tha that Scottish card that you were looking for that painting ? |
| 5 | Is this what you found when you were looking for that card ? |
| 6 | that , we went up there as in actual fact we were looking for certain place when er the postcard we had was n't it , was n't the cows given us trouble and we went |
| 7 | But likewise we were looking for another project similar to what er Eric and I were involved in with the cage drilling machine . |
| 8 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 9 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 10 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 11 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 12 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 13 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 14 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |