Example sentences of "was just [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ No , I was just lookin' for a bit more money , honest , ’ gasped Dolly , the knife a hideous threat . |
2 | Yeah I was just looking for a memory jogger here , I just could n't remember what it was |
3 | I was just looking for a reference |
4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
5 | DARLINGTON Harrier Ruth Williams was just pipped for a hat-trick of victories in the Mandale Harriers Cyril Elliott Memorial meeting at Middlesbrough on Saturday . |
6 | I was just going for a wash , ’ said Julia who was well aware that Miss Coldharbour would make the connection between those two statements . |
7 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |