Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 2 | He had some troublesome followers who were clamouring for a positive policy without being able to suggest one . |
| 3 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 4 | Our judges were looking for a healthy shine , superb condition and fabulous movement and after much deliberation , Louisa Nicholson was chosen as overall winner . |
| 5 | If you were looking for a physico-chemical reason for this fact rather than the , more usual , historical one you could do worse than suggest a capacity to make helical molecules . |
| 6 | We were looking for a good flavour and meaty texture . |
| 7 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |
| 8 | You probably remember , erm , a stimulating little book published last year by Frank on the Impulse to Philanthropy , where certainly in his nineteenth century analysis of the growth of philanthropy , he saw to main things , evangelicalism , which er , meant that people were going out looking for converts , and therefore doing good social work on the way , and the growth of the women 's movement , in the sense that women otherwise unemployed were looking for a new area of activity to get into . |
| 9 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 10 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ If you were looking for a real boost to the industry then these first 10 days should have been much better , ’ said a City analyst . |
| 12 | Producer James Roose-Evans and Bryan Bailey , director of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry , were looking for a young actor to play the lead role in the French comedy Head of the Family . |
| 13 | IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay . |
| 14 | Most were looking for a local representative . |
| 15 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 16 | The Labour Department said the figures were in line with economists ' forecasts , but many were looking for a modest reduction . |
| 17 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 18 | We were looking for a big house in Southampton . |
| 19 | These were not necessarily the shy or reserved ones , who were quite likely to be snapped up by ‘ parents ’ who were looking for a quiet life . |
| 20 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 21 | McLeish thanked him , scrambled up the embankment , drawing in deep breaths , and walked carefully down the side of the track in the sizeable footsteps of his squad , explaining to them that they were looking for a sharp-edged weapon . |
| 22 | We were looking for a precise way to express what we mean when we refer to something as complicated . |
| 23 | When Félicie Cendrars saw them again Jeanne and Modi were looking for a reliable wet-nurse , since neither she nor her mother ‘ could do anything with little Jeanne . |
| 24 | POLICE last night were hunting for a 31-year-old man after his former girlfriend was found strangled and their toddler son missing . |
| 25 | NSS , in common with virtually every other publication in the country , got its fingers burnt last week as a result of giving too much credence to the pollsters ' consistent message that we were heading for a hung parliament . |
| 26 | SIR — On the BBC World Service news , at 0300 local time , the headlines began by stating that ‘ the ruling Conservative Party were heading for a massive defeat in the British General Election ’ . |
| 27 | We were heading for a little cluster of figures round something on the beach . |
| 28 | The result of these various pressures was that , when they were taken over , some 150 undertakings were heading for an aggregate deficit of £7 millions ( more than 3 per cent of total BEA revenue ) over the year . |
| 29 | MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday . |
| 30 | Erm , so what were doing is were , we hope were waiting for a new prisoner to be allocated to us , erm , and perhaps we could , perhaps we could , perhaps we can write and remind you think , think we should do that ? |