Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 2 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
| 3 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |
| 4 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I was just looking for a reference |
| 6 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah I was just looking for a memory jogger here , I just could n't remember what it was |
| 8 | ‘ No , I was just lookin' for a bit more money , honest , ’ gasped Dolly , the knife a hideous threat . |
| 9 | I was just going for a wash , ’ said Julia who was well aware that Miss Coldharbour would make the connection between those two statements . |
| 10 | With the gun under my arm I was all set for the evening . |
| 11 | I was always Bachelor No.2 and I was never picked for a date . ’ |
| 12 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 13 | I was always waiting for the day when I would be beaten up , but it never came . |
| 14 | I was always heading for the carvery and eating too much . |
| 15 | I was always heading for the carvery and eating too much . |
| 16 | ‘ I was still waiting for the doctor to arrive . |
| 17 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 18 | I WAS once interviewed for a radio programme on BBC and was asked how deaf people had fared during the past 20 years . |
| 19 | Sitting on the veranda herself a short while later as she worked on a lacy white shawl she was secretly knitting for the baby , Belinda murmured aloud , ‘ I hope Tom comes today . |
| 20 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 21 | She was also looking for a house called Les Hiboux . |
| 22 | It was impossible she should be unaware of the treat she was thus providing for the soldiery , many of whom expressed their appreciation in appropriately ribald terms . |
| 23 | It was five-thirty in the morning and she was already dressed for the day . |
| 24 | ‘ She was only waiting for the kids to grow up and then she said she 'd leave me . |
| 25 | She was unusually affected for a Tiller , wanting to be called Mignon Diamante . |
| 26 | She was still searching for the " satisfying things in life " ; somewhere she could find herself . |
| 27 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 28 | While she was still floundering for a reply , Jennifer leaned forward and touched her arm . |
| 29 | She was severely scolded for the commotion she caused , but since it was n't entirely her fault the matter was n't taken further . |
| 30 | During that first week she went out with Nahum in the trap he used for visiting in the parish , and she was continually looking for a young woman with white hair and a baby . |