Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh det] [pron] were [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | So what we were looking for was something more er erm |
2 | ‘ They said he was just what they were looking for , ’ Beverley said yesterday at home in Alwoodley , Leeds . |
3 | Mr Carter , who is business development manager at ICI Billingham , says he knew the instant it was described to him over the phone that the property was just what they were looking for . |
4 | The proprietor , Gordon McLeod-Crossley believed the burglars knew exactly what they were looking for when they took a BSA .22 and a Rellum .22 . |
5 | It is believed there must have been at least three people who knew exactly what they were looking for . |
6 | The third reading , for instance , was slower than the first , despite the fact that you knew exactly what you were looking for . |