Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was especially looking for new business in Osaka . |
| 2 | When they reached the railway station it was already plying for new hire and the sound of an engine gathering up steam could be heard . |
| 3 | The United States was still pressing for close cooperation , while the West German Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , had on several occasions already suggested some kind of Franco-German cooperation . |
| 4 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 5 | As the servant of astronomy , mathematics was peculiarly fitting for theological study , since , as Bacon put it , ‘ throughout the Scriptures we are called away from terrestrial … and awakened to heavenly things . ’ |
| 6 | The hospital 's senior house officer , Dr Ewing Forrest , told the inquiry : ‘ I was specifically looking for subarachnoid haemorrhage but there was no evidence of irritation . |