Example sentences of "[indef pn] was [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He told me he had heard I was being watched , and that someone was looking for Magwitch . |
| 3 | As I turned away someone was shouting for the M.O . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 6 | Someone was waiting for him . |
| 7 | But in 1940 , nobody was looking for a new type of cooker . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Everything was waiting for you , she pointed out , and everything was going to be all right . |
| 10 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |
| 11 | And just when I thought everything was changing for the better . |
| 12 | Maybe it 'll lead him to explain that he latched on to lust because something was missing for the moment in your relationship . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ If there was , it escaped notice , ’ said Owen , ‘ and no one was looking for such signs , well it might pass them by . |
| 16 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 17 | No one was hunting for Randolph Henry Ash , after all . |
| 18 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 19 | Everybody was shouting for a penalty . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was , anyway , Norman Tebbit that everybody was waiting for . |
| 22 | And everybody was working for Hurley , although most of them did n't know it . |
| 23 | And these two girls , I think everybody was going for interviews at Man er Birmingham university yesterday . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think they knew anyone was looking for them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Everyone was looking for reasons why he left us and no-one appreciated at the time that his health was suffering . |
| 26 | To an extent , the stormy exterior mirrored the relationship of their employers , Bernard and Laura ; but underneath everyone was shooting for the same goal . |
| 27 | Everyone was heading for the bedroom from which had come the screams . |
| 28 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 29 | Knowing how highly strung he was , everyone was waiting for him to crack — including me — but this was a different Tom . |
| 30 | Everyone was waiting for twelve o'clock , for 1990 to begin . |