Example sentences of "[indef pn] [was/were] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice sounded odd to him , as if someone were speaking for him . |
| 2 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 3 | He told me he had heard I was being watched , and that someone was looking for Magwitch . |
| 4 | As I turned away someone was shouting for the M.O . |
| 5 | Well , someone was calling for help , and she , Deborah Dawson , might be the only person to hear that call ; so she had to answer it . |
| 6 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 7 | Someone was waiting for him . |
| 8 | But in 1940 , nobody was looking for a new type of cooker . |
| 9 | So if if nobody was looking for it or if they were n't used to the machines , examining the machines , they would n't know it was there . |
| 10 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 11 | It could be argued that the proposed phonemes and ( if one were arguing for the one-phoneme analysis ) have distributions similar to other consonants , while other combinations of plosive plus fricative do not . |
| 12 | Everything was waiting for you , she pointed out , and everything was going to be all right . |
| 13 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |
| 14 | And just when I thought everything was changing for the better . |
| 15 | Maybe it 'll lead him to explain that he latched on to lust because something was missing for the moment in your relationship . |
| 16 | At that stage in his career no one was looking for a hit-machine : the longer heads realised that it was a difficult job to scale the face of Broadway — as it was in the West End — with so few footholds and even fewer helping ropes dangling down to give you a lift . |
| 17 | Strolling rather than walking he reached the point where the footpath to Trebyan left the road ; it was by no means obvious unless one was looking for it : a ditch , a screen of willows , and a stile all but covered with ivy . |
| 18 | ‘ If there was , it escaped notice , ’ said Owen , ‘ and no one was looking for such signs , well it might pass them by . |
| 19 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 20 | No one was hunting for Randolph Henry Ash , after all . |
| 21 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 22 | Everybody was shouting for a penalty . |
| 23 | The fighting was caused for three reasons : different sides kept stealing cattle ; everybody was searching for new land ; and according to the Romans the Celts liked fighting . |
| 24 | It was , anyway , Norman Tebbit that everybody was waiting for . |
| 25 | And everybody was working for Hurley , although most of them did n't know it . |
| 26 | And these two girls , I think everybody was going for interviews at Man er Birmingham university yesterday . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think they knew anyone was looking for them . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Everyone was looking for reasons why he left us and no-one appreciated at the time that his health was suffering . |
| 29 | To an extent , the stormy exterior mirrored the relationship of their employers , Bernard and Laura ; but underneath everyone was shooting for the same goal . |
| 30 | Everyone was heading for the bedroom from which had come the screams . |