Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] was [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So basically she was looking for a job . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 3 | Moreover it was becoming for the first time , as a result of Peter 's administrative reforms , an institution concerned solely with diplomacy . |
| 4 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |
| 5 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
| 6 | Now he was appealing for the confidence of politicians , not for the confidence of the people . |
| 7 | Maybe I was hoping for the impossible — that they 'd control their situation once they reached the football stadiums . |
| 8 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 9 | And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school . |
| 10 | From there he was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico . |