Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harmonization proved impossible : the two Services were looking for two quite different aircraft . |
| 2 | Tommy Drennan and Mr O'Donnell came next and they were looking for two to bring up the rear . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The men from RAF Brawdy , Dyfed , were hunting for two men missing in the Bristol Channel after two trawlers collided . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He and his wife were going for two months . |
| 7 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 8 | Then the 62-year-old globetrotter from Bristol revealed he was looking for two more women ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tension between the races was increasing for two main reasons . |