Example sentences of "what [pron] were [verb] for and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think the ingenuity of chemists and scientists and physicists and astronomers is such that , yes , we could do it — if we knew what we were looking for and had the right ideas . |
| 2 | We knew what we were looking for and we knew if we looked long enough and hard enough we would find it , but there were times when we thought perhaps it is n't out there . |
| 3 | These users were asked whether they had used the catalogue before , whether they found what they were looking for and whether they had any particular problems or would like to make any suggestions for improving the catalogue . |
| 4 | and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know . |
| 5 | I think they must have known what they were coming for and this I 'm afraid , is one of the penalties of being open to the public . |