Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was fumbling for a handkerchief as she hurried up . |
| 2 | When , in 1978 , after four years with the company , Al Clark presented himself in Branson 's office to announce that he was leaving for a job with better pay and more responsibility , Branson 's response was to pull a water pistol from his desk and start firing at him , grinning broadly all the while . |
| 3 | A few years later , that sum was awarded to Robert Maxwell for the false suggestion that he was angling for a peerage , while ten times that amount was lavished on Jeffrey Archer in revenge for the suggestion that he had received a sexual favour from a prostitute he had admitted to paying to leave the country . |
| 4 | He was calling for a sherry . |
| 5 | In a fit of temper he shot up past the runner , and just as he was reaching for a ledge above , the turf he was standing on performed its Velcro imitation and propelled the stunned climber into the air . |
| 6 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 7 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 8 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 9 | The most interesting binocular object is M15 , a globular cluster not far below naked-eye visibility ; it was discovered by Maraldi in 1746 , while he was looking for a comet . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A FEW weeks ago TeleClub featured Kristian Schmid ( Todd in ‘ Neighbours ’ ) and how he was looking for a boy or girl from Northern Ireland to join his Steel Can Recycling Board . |
| 12 | Ken had been at the auditions that Michael Codron organized , when he was looking for a feed for Williams . |
| 13 | He was looking for a gap in the net which enclosed him and his men . |
| 14 | Yeah that he just , he asked Gary this morning if he was looking for a job |
| 15 | It was a brief letter from an address in Chelsea , telling him that the writer had heard he was looking for a sibling , affirming that the writer of the letter was probably that person , and suggesting a meeting . |
| 16 | Some years before , when he was hunting for a mill in the West Country , and I was on tour with some show or other , he wrote me : |
| 17 | Ricky was not long out of the navy , training as a body builder , doing carpentry , and also working on the door at clubs , as he was saving for a motor bike which Minton helped him to buy . |
| 18 | Perhaps , it occurred to Harry , he was hoping for a tip . |
| 19 | Look at Carlos Lopes — I would n't compare myself with Lopes , but the fact is that he ran his fastest 10K while he was training for a marathon [ Lopes ran the then second fastest ever 10,000m , with 17:17.48 in July 1984 , just one month before winning the Olympic marathon in a record 2:09.21 ] . |
| 20 | Consequently , he was budgeting for a deficit of about A$5,600,000 . |
| 21 | At the end of 1866 he had asked the Governors for a testimonial , as he was applying for a post in the Midlands : |
| 22 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 23 | Musically , he was heading for a standard , slightly throw-away show , when the first special guest appeared . |
| 24 | He was heading for a career in medicine when , at the age of 18 , he saw his first motor race . |
| 25 | He was waiting for a couple of soluble aspirin to break up in a glass of water as he stood before the opened mirror-cabinet . |
| 26 | Harvey suggested Morris go on down to the party ahead of him , as he was waiting for a partner : he had no wish to take Rupert Murdoch 's shilling , but he was happy to drink his champagne . |
| 27 | He was opening for a rock band and his playing at that time was the best , for me . |
| 28 | He called the tower , told them he had an emergency and that he was returning for a landing . |
| 29 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 30 | He had spoken with Norman Tebbit who , when asked his movements that evening , said he had discovered in Hove a pub called the ‘ Earl of Essex ’ where he was going for a noggin . |