Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 2 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 3 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 4 | From there he was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico . |
| 5 | Due to his speech-impediment , he was mistaken for a German spy and was arrested and spent some uncomfortable hours in custody before being released . |
| 6 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 7 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 8 | I 've got some quotes here that I 've taken from the book which shows not only how Dickens thought women ought to behave , but how the readers , since he was writing for a public market , the readers too thought the ideal woman ought to behave . |
| 9 | His company , a family business , was recently sold against his wishes and the British Steel Challenge was announced at a time when he was looking for a complete change of direction . |
| 10 | One down against Jan Timman , with three left to play , he was looking for a solid advantage with the white pieces . |
| 11 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( CI No 2,117 ) : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 12 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 13 | Once he came out of the Navy , Charles became a little more involved , but it was not really until the end of the decade , after Mountbatten 's death , when he was looking for a real job to do , that Charles took up the reins himself . |
| 14 | The Doctor nodded to himself as one piece of the puzzle clicked into place , explaining why everyone thought he was looking for a missing British Consul , obviously this man . |
| 15 | Working as a pageboy in a club in St James 's in the 1930s , he mentioned to a member that he was looking for a better-paid job . |
| 16 | yes it 's Chernobyl , he was looking for the real word there , a nuclear what ? |
| 17 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 18 | The famous Swedish Don Giovanni , John Forsell , declared that the young Tauber was the greatest Ottavio he had ever heard , and he was noted for the intense conviction with which he declaimed to his Donna Anna ( in the German text then still generally in use , even at festivals ) the solemn oath , ‘ Ich schwöre ’ . |
| 19 | It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess . |
| 20 | He was speaking for a Tory candidate at the election . |
| 21 | Fair-haired , but perhaps somewhat slight of build for the rigours of the lower reaches of the Football League , Bernard was certainly a fast and cagey winger , and his talent was recognised when he was selected for the 3rd Division South representative side against the 3rd Division North , in the fifth and final match between them at Selhurst Park on 30 October 1957 . |
| 22 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
| 23 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |
| 24 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 25 | He told me how , at one point in his life , presumably in the 1930s , that he was searching for a new purpose and direction in his life ; one offering greater personal fulfilment . |
| 26 | He started looking into corners for the bugging device , though he said he was searching for a stray cigarette , left over from the days when he smoked . |
| 27 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 28 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 29 | He was dressed for an Edwardian shooting party in a full suit of tweed plus fours . |
| 30 | God only knew how he had tried to replace her in his thoughts and in his heart — striking relationships with one woman after another , lurching from one crisis to the next , building his business with her in mind … driving himself like a man demented and amassing a fortune , yet knowing all the time that he was striving for the impossible . |