Example sentences of "[vb past] in [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dilip Vengsarkar came in looking for his fourth hundred in as many Lord 's appearances and immediately joined Shastri in exploiting the unpatrolled third-man boundary . |
| 2 | ‘ Is that right the filth came in looking for your Mickey and the electric went ? |
| 3 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 4 | Sure Ji he came in looking for Jim one morning and Jim was n't there , says he 's in bed so listen I said do you wan na go up and waken him like fuck Jim says when Acky woke me I said what you mean he give you a kiss and he woke you up . |
| 5 | ‘ The story goes , ’ I told him , as we drove up to Llanberis after meeting at Bangor station , ‘ that you were in the Radziel and a woman came in collecting for charity . |
| 6 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |