Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] was [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 4 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 5 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |
| 6 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 7 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 8 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 9 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 10 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 11 | By the way her mother fiddled with the handle of her wicker basket Constance could tell that she was longing for the bus to come and take her to Chollerton where her beauty and style might stand some chance of being noticed . |
| 12 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 13 | It became obvious to everyone that the Tournament could not continue and after another undue delay , the Earl of Eglinton announced that it was cancelled for the day . |
| 14 | God only knew how he had tried to replace her in his thoughts and in his heart — striking relationships with one woman after another , lurching from one crisis to the next , building his business with her in mind … driving himself like a man demented and amassing a fortune , yet knowing all the time that he was striving for the impossible . |
| 15 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 16 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 17 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 18 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 19 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 20 | that 's right because they 've just released papers after thirty years of work that he was doing for the M O D he was actually doing it in his role as a member of the P R flight , Beaver Brooke sold the government this idea |
| 21 | His time in the ATC meant that he was targeted for the Air Force . |
| 22 | During his visit Kerrey made it known that he was campaigning for the lifting of the US economic embargo against the SOC and for increased investment and aid by US non-governmental organizations . |
| 23 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |