Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 2 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 3 | There 's the one I were looking for . |
| 4 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
| 5 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 6 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
| 7 | So I were working for nothing really . |
| 8 | Terry er sorry Roger if , if I were interviewing for posts , I would appoint , and you know full well I would , the people that I thought were best for that job . |
| 9 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 10 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 11 | But , in meantime while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad ! |
| 12 | And Jerry and I were posing for pictures … ’ |
| 13 | you tell mother when I were fighting for me country , he ai n't got a bloody scratch on him now |
| 14 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
| 15 | I were applying for jobs … |
| 16 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 17 | His voice sounded odd to him , as if someone were speaking for him . |
| 18 | ‘ This result is exactly what I was looking for , ’ Prost said . |
| 19 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said , ‘ I was looking for something else . ’ |
| 20 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 21 | ‘ I was looking for you all over . |
| 22 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 23 | I was looking for your number once . |
| 24 | I was the one he was looking for , and he was the one I was looking for . ’ |
| 25 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 26 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 27 | I never wilted and was proud of my fighting qualities when I was looking for survival and happy for any form of success . |
| 28 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 29 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 30 | I was looking for a book on how people make them . ’ |