Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the second last she put in a tremendous leap and was back in the lead as Run And Skip started to fade , but Forgive 'N Forget on the stands side and Wayward Lad inside him were now going for home , and they passed Dawn Run on the approach to the last . |
| 2 | Jordan knew all that , he was just asking for asking 's sake . |
| 3 | Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ? |
| 4 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 5 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |