Example sentences of "i was [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 2 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 3 | I was looking for a man named Tom Tunney , a washed-out writer and a deep-dyed drunk . |
| 4 | ‘ I was looking for a bird 's nest to show Tory , Mummy . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was looking for a hiding place for some stupid necklace I 'd bought , and the bureau was the nearest thing to hand ! ’ |
| 6 | Nobody had heard of Rosie O'Dell ; I was looking for a needle in a haystack . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 8 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 9 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
| 10 | For I was looking for a job I was newly married in nineteen thirty six make a pound or two . |
| 11 | The time I was looking for a house , he says it was n't enough to get into Sandy Row . |
| 12 | ‘ I was looking for a sounding board and that 's what I 've got . ’ |
| 13 | I was looking for a business venture worthy of my silver , some trade across the Narrow Seas or perhaps commerce with the Baltic . |
| 14 | ‘ I was looking for a business niche and the idea really took off , ’ said Mrs Spence . |
| 15 | I was looking for a book on how people make them . ’ |
| 16 | And occasionally if I was looking for a magazine to buy , it would get a lot of i good information in it too . |
| 17 | ‘ I think , ’ he murmured softly , ‘ I was looking for an excuse to shake you … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 19 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 20 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 21 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 22 | She added that to herself while , aloud , she elaborated , ‘ I was fishing for a coin that I 'd accidentally dropped down the back of the chair … and there was my passport and the rest of my stuff . ’ |
| 23 | Then I was summoned for a talk : ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll get this man you suspect in for interrogation and the truth will triumph ’ . |
| 24 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 25 | He rang while I was reaching for the phone . |
| 26 | I went to your flat the other day , I was collecting for the blind . |
| 27 | I was apologising for the noise was n't I ? |
| 28 | One of the grown-ups said , ‘ I was hoping for a bit of a fly-past . ’ |
| 29 | I was teaching for a while , I did not miss many gigs , ’ he says . |
| 30 | Violet Sangston found me while I was searching for a hiding-place . |