Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for another " in BNC.
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| 1 | But likewise we were looking for another project similar to what er Eric and I were involved in with the cage drilling machine . |
| 2 | The Musical Medley held on Friday , 27th April was acclaimed a great success and requests were made for another such event to be featured in a future syllabus . |
| 3 | But Barons came back to lead 4-3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat . |
| 4 | Maybe they were going for another pastrami sandwich . |
| 5 | And erm Tampax were involved for another reason which I will explain later . |
| 6 | He opened with ‘ Forever For Now ’ , the title of his latest album , and did later did ‘ It Had To Be You ’ from the soundtrack of ‘ When Harry Met Sally ’ , but good old weepies like ‘ Drifting ’ were kept for another time . |
| 7 | The battle was on , and was to continue for another year . |
| 8 | Co-ordinator Pam McHale said £14,500 had been made available for the Streetlink scheme and that approval was expected for another nine schemes over the next week . |
| 9 | Athenix was looking for another $8m at least and reportedly could n't get more than $4.5m pledged . |
| 10 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |
| 11 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 12 | A patient from a Middlesbrough intensive care ward was transferred to North Tees General Hospital , Stockton , at the weekend because the bed was needed for another patient . |
| 13 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
| 14 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
| 15 | In the March 1990 general election ZANU-PF won 116 of the House of Assembly 's elective seats and Mugabe was re-elected for another term as President . |
| 16 | The Duke did his stately bow at that and then Donald was calling for another song . |
| 17 | Fifty ( 2.6% ) patients were poorly motivated and information was lacking for another 60 ( 3.1% ) . |
| 18 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The money was brought for another purpose . ’ |
| 20 | Hexamethonium ( 10 mg/kg ) or atropine ( 0.25 or 0.5 mg/kg ) was injected intravenously and fluid transport was followed for another hour . |
| 21 | It tasted of candied peel and nuts , and she was reaching for another one when she saw that Lucenzo 's head had lifted at the sound of a child 's piping tones . |
| 22 | But all the wealth and all the lands of the Talliens could not provide the one element that Nora sought : the fragrance of the oaks — the smell of Normandy in spring ; for spring was gone for another year . |
| 23 | Although the Labour Party adopted a policy of ‘ comprehensive education for all ’ in 1951 no political action to implement it was taken for another 14 years . |
| 24 | The strike was continued for another four days , partly to show that it had not been panicked by the killings into throwing up its responsibilities and partly to ensure that persons on unemployment insurance and social benefits received payment for a full week . |
| 25 | The perfusion was continued for another four hours . |
| 26 | After incubation on ice for five minutes with intermittent swirling , another 19 µl aliquot of 0.1% H 2 O 2 was added , and the reaction was continued for another 10 minutes . |
| 27 | The woman was mistaken for another patient from the same hosptial who earlier held up a mini-bus driver with a toy gun . |
| 28 | Instead they believe the 40 year-old father-of-three was mistaken for another man working in the area . |
| 29 | Following the re-election of President Junius Jayawardene in October 1982 for a further term , the current term of Parliament , due to expire in August 1983 , was extended for another six years under a constitutional amendment approved by Parliament , the government and a national referendum in late 1982 [ see pp. 32076-78 ] . |
| 30 | Well , she was to dance for another twenty years . |