Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sprinting for dear life across a carrot patch and doing quite well until one of the pieces caught up with him . |
| 2 | When I left , he was calling for more beer . |
| 3 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |
| 4 | He was speaking for some time and when he had finished he turned to his wife . |
| 5 | A little man , ‘ looking like a smart French doctor ’ , he was searching for hidden treasure . |
| 6 | Sigua said that he was hoping for economic aid and credits from the USA and Iran and for bilateral trade agreements with Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries to relieve the situation . |
| 7 | The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 . |
| 8 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 9 | She met her husband when he was working for British Steel in Czechoslovakia . |
| 10 | ‘ Did he say anything about where he was going for this meeting ? ’ |