Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] looking for 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 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 15 | The big city was a powerful draw to youngsters who were looking for the chance to better themselves . |
| 16 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 17 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 18 | ‘ You were looking for the creature , ’ the Doctor realized . |
| 19 | You were looking for the ring … |
| 20 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 21 | She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation . |
| 22 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 23 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 24 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 25 | They are said to have explained that they were looking for the conductor to buy their tickets as Stonehouse station did not sell tickets at that time of night . |
| 26 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 27 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 28 | ‘ He was looking for the environment he knew … straight hair , no sunglasses , a good grey suit , collar and tie . ’ |
| 29 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 30 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |