Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She scuttled across the road , dragging a reluctant Snappy who was obviously spoiling for a scrap , just as Ford reached his front gate . |
| 2 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 3 | He was suddenly spoiling for a fight again . |
| 4 | Today it was to be local aerobatics ; the war in Europe may have ended , but he was eagerly hoping for a posting to the Pacific Theatre . |
| 5 | I just knew it would be a trick question to start the contest and was desperately groping for a trick answer when Swartz said ‘ Silverstone ’ and scored his opening point . |
| 6 | Elizabeth Stewart , post-graduate chemistry student , recalls that Sir Robert Robinson under whom she was to work was away working for a government department and his students rarely saw him : ‘ We never knew when he would do a lab round , and often it would be at the lunch hour , when I was out ’ . |
| 7 | He was already acting for a number of young painters including Kisling , Hayden and Kremegne , and was determined to find a way of fostering Modigliani 's talent . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I was just lookin' for a bit more money , honest , ’ gasped Dolly , the knife a hideous threat . |
| 9 | Yeah I was just looking for a memory jogger here , I just could n't remember what it was |
| 10 | I was just looking for a reference |
| 11 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 12 | I was just going for a wash , ’ said Julia who was well aware that Miss Coldharbour would make the connection between those two statements . |
| 13 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 14 | Martinho had the air of a man who was permanently waiting for a question to be answered . |
| 15 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 16 | But the truth is that Mellor was always riding for a fall . |
| 17 | Mr Parker said yesterday he was still looking for a replacement backer . |
| 18 | Soon after the return of the Beagle , when he was still seeking for a mechanism for evolution , he began a series of notebooks , the M and N notebooks , which are in effect a search for a materialist theory of psychology : they are concerned with anything — for example , the effects of drugs , of ageing — which suggests that thoughts are influenced by the state of the brain . |
| 19 | Managing director Mike Widmer said he was still waiting for a decision from the transport department but he felt pressure to move had gone . |
| 20 | When she put the glass down , she saw that he was still waiting for a reply . |
| 21 | VIRGIN Atlantic 's owner , Richard Branson , who is seeking compensation from British Airways for dirty tricks against his airline , was still waiting for an agreement last night . |
| 22 | While she was still floundering for a reply , Jennifer leaned forward and touched her arm . |
| 23 | In most professions it was suicide to admit to being a homosexual , and in some macho jobs like bricklaying it was probably asking for a brick to be dropped upon one 's head . |
| 24 | She was also looking for a house called Les Hiboux . |
| 25 | Leith could n't help feeling extremely sorry for her , especially when she discovered that Rosemary , brought up believing that marriages were forever , could not accept that her marriage was over — even though it had ended up such a disaster and Derek was now asking for a divorce . |
| 26 | ‘ When we were young it was deep mourning for a year and half mourning for six months , ’ Pat said . |
| 27 | The Labour left , meanwhile , did not manage to mount a convincing enough case for its ‘ alternative strategy ’ ( the far left had no half-way credible strategy to propose ) , while the trade union movement was not united in pushing for any positive quid pro quo in exchange for wage restraint , having rejected the Bullock proposals for Industrial Democracy , but was increasingly tugging for a return to ‘ free collective bargaining ’ . |
| 28 | A few months later , I received a letter from Surrey County AA which stated : ‘ … affiliations to BAF do not include a county affiliation , ’ and was consequently asking for a fee . |
| 29 | This last remark was addressed to Grant , who was indeed waiting for a break in Curtis 's verbal flow , in order to get a word in . |
| 30 | He lost , and lost again at a by-election in February 1936 in Ross and Cromarty against Malcolm MacDonald [ q.v. ] , the National Government candidate and dominions secretary — another embarrassment for his father who was then angling for a cabinet post . |