Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 2 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 3 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 5 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 6 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 7 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 8 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 9 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 10 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 11 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 12 | I actually first realised this at the second year , that when I was looking for the , the previous year , I noticed that in July the business went and I thought , because everybody 's gone on holiday . |
| 13 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 14 | At one time it was quite obvious that his main sponsor , Essex Petroleum , run by the flamboyant American ex-decorator and former Brussels bus-boy , David Thieme , was in some sort of dire trouble and that this trouble was bound to affect Team Lotus as it did ; Chapman knew I was looking into the complex affairs of Thieme and Thieme 's longstanding relations with Lotus . |
| 15 | ‘ For weeks I was looking into the face of every stranger thinking ‘ you could be the one that killed my Brian ’ , ’ said Joan . |
| 16 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 17 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 18 | ‘ I was looking at the sky . ’ |
| 19 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 20 | We went to this very flash restaurant and I was really nervous , you know the feeling — anyway blood was rushing , and I was looking at the menu — my French is pretty good — and I thought I 'd fancy a pork cutlet . |
| 21 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 22 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 23 | And I thought blimey , he 's a mongol , you know , when you 're looking at them , and then I was looking at the nurses and waiting for everyone to say something , and nobody said nothing . |
| 24 | No I was looking at the other one . |
| 25 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 26 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 27 | I was just checking here in from the book by and I was looking at the chapter here on Roses Rivetus and er and it was on the mission to Munster here that er Third Combat Mission once a day for three days ' running was to Munster it was this ill-fated mission that made the reputation as the bloody Hundredth and of course this is the one that he only came back from . |
| 28 | especially I was looking at the C G A monitor all night , |
| 29 | And when I showed him a list of names I had collected ( why , I do not know , I had some notion of an appeal or inquiry ) , he read : ‘ Lynch , Connally , Egan , Kelly … etc. ’ and then he looked at me and added , ‘ I was looking at the lists of those who died in the recent great victories of general Gough at Aliwal and Sobraon in India . |
| 30 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |