Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] were [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A contact in Spain has managed to acquire a scarce publication which we were looking for , and has given the Library a copy . |
| 2 | On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret . |
| 3 | For example , it included costs which ought more properly to have been included in their bill relating to the divorce proceedings , in which they were acting for the father . |
| 4 | I know you you were telling me you you were applying for erm to get meals on wheels , but you ha that has n't come through yet . |
| 5 | He made sure we appreciated who we were playing for — our country and our fans . |
| 6 | ‘ She 'll have told you we were coming for the boat . |
| 7 | I never learned who they were looking for . |
| 8 | It wants to know who planted the bomb , who they were acting for and why Flight 103 was chosen . |
| 9 | There 's the one I were looking for . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's the one you were looking for , right ? ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , given the level of activity within the Six at this time and the patent way in which Britain 's Grand Design seemed to go against everything they were working for , it is surprising that the Six were willing to discuss the scheme in the first place . |
| 12 | We that 's where are you now , the number to ring if you know the whereabouts of anyone we were looking for . |
| 13 | Erm as er you went on as er as far as referrals were concerned and the objections that were raised you , you apacked really and , and , and went through and overcome those and at the end of the day you , you got the , you got really what you er what you were aiming for that er to get him to , to speak to these people between now and the next appointment so you could er , you could come back . |
| 14 | ‘ Would I be right in saying that we have n't provided you with what you were looking for when you came here ? ’ |
| 15 | " Did you get what you were looking for ? " |
| 16 | The third reading , for instance , was slower than the first , despite the fact that you knew exactly what you were looking for . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's what you were looking for , and more . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So , did you find what you were looking for , guv' ? ’ asked Dexter as the lift jerked into motion and hummed downwards . |
| 19 | You could take the plug out and examine it , not knowing what you were looking for . |
| 20 | As soon as I saw what you were heading for , that you and he were hot at it , I cursed the baby you might have . ’ |
| 21 | They invited the Spanish and local press to watch us train , which is exactly the opposite of what we were hoping for . |
| 22 | That 's what we were hoping for . ’ |
| 23 | Well I suppose it is basically but no flute that 's what we were looking for . |
| 24 | What we were looking for in Committee , and what the children 's legal aid centre was looking for , was a declaration that the Government 's signature to the United Nation convention on the rights of the child would be enshrined in the spirit of law in this country and that there would be independent panels that could look after the welfare of the children to ensure that their welfare was the primary consideration . |
| 25 | So what we were looking for was something more er erm |
| 26 | Anybody get what we were looking for in the , yes you should ? |
| 27 | Well obviously the delivery name and address is important and the consignments , so you did n't get that wrong but there was , what we were looking for as well a full written declaration of the nature of contents of any consignment containing dangerous infested , contaminated |
| 28 | Number five , if the clients wish to switch testing units in any fund into units of any other fund , it 's a well written question is n't it ? the switch will be made from A , was what we were looking for , bid to bid in both funds , bid to bid , and that generally applies on all our stuff , so it 's quite worthwhile knowing . |
| 29 | I just wanted to come back on er David Potter 's assertion that we were looking for a a higher allocation under I five and I I thought I 'd specifically covered that point by saying that that was n't what we were looking for because that would n't address the sort of development we 're talking about here . |
| 30 | But I think the ingenuity of chemists and scientists and physicists and astronomers is such that , yes , we could do it — if we knew what we were looking for and had the right ideas . |