Example sentences of "if [pers pn] were [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | Easy Rider was the motivation for a lot of things and for those not familiar with the story , it is one of free love and excessive drugs and of American society as perceived by Hopper in 1968 , with some moralistic warnings about drug use and undertones about the consequences of such a lifestyle — but only if you were actually looking for them . |
2 | There you 'll be interviewed just as if you were actually going for the job . |
3 | I mean I suppose if we were just going for the day it would be alright . |
4 | But er if they were just working for a single day , it was long day up till ten o'clock at night in a harvest you know . |
5 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |