Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the academic year 1980–1 , for example , 140,000 students were registered on 1,703 taught CNAA courses and in the same year first degree courses were catering for 123,229 students , representing a rise of 6.2 per cent compared with the previous year . |
| 2 | The decision followed months of intense lobbying fuelled by reports that black African countries were pressing for one of their candidates , notably the former Finance Minister of Zimbabwe , Bernard Chidzero , as the next UN Secretary-General . |
| 3 | They were searching for ten fridges and freezers which the consumer magazine ‘ Which ’ says are the most energy-efficient models on the market . |
| 4 | They were looking for 4 men . |
| 5 | Malcolm said yesterday : ‘ We were looking for six runs to win the game . |
| 6 | I 'll get in touch , I 'll give her a ring , because we actually , we were looking erm out of the twelve of you altogether we were looking for six of you to actually have your feet washed on Maundy Thursday evening at the , at the , the mass at the service on Maundy Thursday evening . |
| 7 | Harmonization proved impossible : the two Services were looking for two quite different aircraft . |
| 8 | Tommy Drennan and Mr O'Donnell came next and they were looking for two to bring up the rear . |
| 9 | About the same time TWW were looking for two journalists Ron Evans , a former journalist with the Empire News and the Sunday Times , had already joined the television company and he came over to Thomson House to check me out . |
| 10 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 11 | ‘ We were looking for 12 matches or even 16 , ’ David Brook , the club president , said . |
| 12 | The men from RAF Brawdy , Dyfed , were hunting for two men missing in the Bristol Channel after two trawlers collided . |
| 13 | They were selling for five pounds each at a market at Moreton in Marsh in Gloucestershire . |
| 14 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
| 15 | He and his wife were going for two months . |
| 16 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 17 | I mean we 'll be back to the scenario that we were fighting for three years ago . |
| 18 | We were playing for four pound for two lines on Saturday . |
| 19 | Students funded by SERC were working for 133 different employers . |
| 20 | The 363 students in or about to start work at the end of the IT Advanced Course ( 58 per cent ) were working for 192 different employing organisations ( see Appendix A ) . |
| 21 | The anthropometric measures were missing for 11 women . |
| 22 | A Devon labourer who promised his mother not to marry in her lifetime , finally married only at the age of 51 : ‘ bugger , we was courting for seventeen year . |
| 23 | There was seating for 27 passengers in the lower saloon , with seats for three in each corner and two and one turnover seats for the rest , upholstered in UndergrounD Group style grey moquette . |
| 24 | Then the 62-year-old globetrotter from Bristol revealed he was looking for two more women ! |
| 25 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 26 | The club 's community development officer , Mike Rigg , said he was looking for eight unemployed young men and women , aged 19 or over , to organise soccer schools as part of the 12-month Employment Training plan . |
| 27 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 28 | She was smoking for twenty-five years . |
| 29 | He knew that he was searching for sixteen points of comparison before he could be sure of positive identification . |
| 30 | By 1782 he was paying for 16 boys and 7 girls aged 4 to 11 to attend the local school , and contributing money to build the local workhouse . |