Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking for a good and intelligent woman to love — ’ |
| 2 | Slater says : ‘ I was looking for a new challenge and I am confident that this club will win honours . ’ |
| 3 | I was looking for a 4 × 4 vehicle and either building could have housed this year 's import quota . |
| 4 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 5 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
| 6 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 7 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 8 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 9 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 10 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 11 | My peg was on a gravel point , it looked perfect for the stick float but as I was fishing for a good weight I opted to start on the feeder . |
| 12 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 13 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 14 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 15 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 16 | I was intended for the religious life . |
| 17 | I was hoping for a positive identification . |
| 18 | Maybe I was hoping for the impossible — that they 'd control their situation once they reached the football stadiums . |
| 19 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 20 | ‘ I was aiming for a Mediterranean feel , ’ she explained , filling a plastic mug with orange juice and taking it over to Thomas . |
| 21 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 22 | It was gratifying to me that he approved the political and economic articles I was writing for the New English Weekly . |
| 23 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 24 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 25 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 26 | And , if any other recommendation be needed , I was asked for the second time to be coach monitor on our outing to Brighton , so you can see that I must be OK . |
| 27 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 28 | I was waiting for the other half when Oliver fled . |
| 29 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 30 | I was waiting for The Headless Horseman Three … |