Example sentences of "[pron] they were [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I never learned who they were looking for . |
| 4 | It wants to know who planted the bomb , who they were acting for and why Flight 103 was chosen . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That was my original they had a competition to look out for people who 've got ideas about this new idea , it was a ridiculous idea to do a competition cos people did n't know what they were entering for , half the parishes were n't notified about it , |
| 7 | The pre-independence newspapers that campaigned for self-government knew what they were aiming for ; their journalists , contributors and backers came from the new , educated élite united by common aspirations and interests . |
| 8 | All the individual professionals , managers and planners , together with the local people the service was designed to serve , shared a common vision as to what they were aiming for , often based around the concept of providing a more ‘ normal ’ home life for patients who had previously lived in an institution . |
| 9 | They did n't know what they were hoping for quite honestly |
| 10 | They even searched between the sheets and under the mattresses , and gave no answer when she asked what they were looking for . |
| 11 | We did n't know what they were looking for in them . |
| 12 | We knew they were geologists … they did n't come in contact with anybody on the island , they did n't tell people what they were doing or what they were looking for . |
| 13 | ‘ They said he was just what they were looking for , ’ Beverley said yesterday at home in Alwoodley , Leeds . |
| 14 | It was not long before Fiver found what they were looking for . |
| 15 | People who came to the Turk 's Head really had to know what they were looking for . |
| 16 | Foucard said : ‘ They were very thorough , your friends , but did they find what they were looking for ? ’ |
| 17 | These users were asked whether they had used the catalogue before , whether they found what they were looking for and whether they had any particular problems or would like to make any suggestions for improving the catalogue . |
| 18 | They did n't know what they were looking for , any more than we did . |
| 19 | ‘ the exercise assumed that academics would know what they were looking for ’ . |
| 20 | They knew what they were looking for . |
| 21 | We had no idea what they were looking for . |
| 22 | We were not sure what they were looking for but it was almost certainly for these 10 or 12 instruments that were now gaping holes in the dashboard of the abandoned aeroplane down on the airfield . |
| 23 | Balance was what they were looking for . |
| 24 | The proprietor , Gordon McLeod-Crossley believed the burglars knew exactly what they were looking for when they took a BSA .22 and a Rellum .22 . |
| 25 | Maybe his fish and chips and his welding background are not what they were looking for , though in Middlesbrough they would seem to be born for each other . |
| 26 | Mr Carter , who is business development manager at ICI Billingham , says he knew the instant it was described to him over the phone that the property was just what they were looking for . |
| 27 | It is believed there must have been at least three people who knew exactly what they were looking for . |
| 28 | ‘ So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for . |
| 29 | and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know . |
| 30 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |