Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I were working for nothing really . |
| 2 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 3 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 4 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 5 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 6 | He glared at her again , as if she were to blame for everything , and Robyn felt herself tremble beneath his icy gaze . |
| 7 | ‘ He was a really powerful figure for people like me ’ , says Lloyd , ‘ who were looking for something new , and we were n't sure what . ’ |
| 8 | It attracted hundreds of people who were looking for something a little bit different to eat this Christmas . |
| 9 | Well , er , if you did , then if you were looking for something , you could n't find where it was , you know , you 'd have to delve in , and you take ages to find whatever you 're looking for . |
| 10 | As for happy hours , I 'd say that 50% of pubs in Leeds have a happy hour at least once a day so if you were looking for something to celebrate each and every day then this might come up ( along with the anniversary of the death of the guy who drove the stephenson steam train on it 's maiden journey , and the all too sad occasion of the 7th anniversary of the cat that lived 4 doors down that was callously knocked over by the no. 40 bus ) |
| 11 | I mean you know if if you were complaining about something or if you were asking for something you 'd be asking for it because you knew what you wanted only as you said it 's all about being clear about what you want |
| 12 | Erm , I ca n't remember the exact conversation but the basics of it were that we were looking for somebody called Lawrence and he was at the present time at erm and that he was in possession of a gun and that the caller was concerned for the safety of the occupants of those premises . |
| 13 | But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody . |
| 14 | aye , we were , we were looking for one that , yeah |
| 15 | He added : ’ We were looking for someone who was young , ambitious and on the way up in management . |
| 16 | We were looking for anybody who could help fill it . |
| 17 | We were in a sort of back room , and at one point we gave a particularly loud whoop at a particularly long word and a waiter looked in to see if we were calling for anything and then went away . |
| 18 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 19 | All he could say was that we were waiting for something to happen . ’ |
| 20 | But in this quarry now in when we were working for everybody was on the same bonus , you know they was they were all partners . |
| 21 | Er so there will be er a loss to us there of about three hundred pounds because erm we were asking for something to be made and therefore I think I would say quite rightly but in view of this experience perhaps never again , er made some advance contribution , you know to the cost or made some , gave some money in advance blah blah blah . |
| 22 | They were looking for something ‘ studenty ’ , so , of course , languid blondes in punts with medieval architecture in the background duly emerged from the dozens of rough sketches scribbled by Willie Rushton . |
| 23 | If they were looking for something they knew where it was . |
| 24 | The fact that they broke in but did n't take anything , and also that they were obviously professionals , makes me think they were looking for something specific . |
| 25 | But if they were looking for something , and it 's that important to them , then it 's possible . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Those burglars he sent — you said they were looking for something . |
| 27 | Their eyes flickered back and forth , as though they were searching for something . |
| 28 | It looked as if they were waiting for somebody , could it be me ? |
| 29 | She does n't even have to ask … people just feel obliged to run her errands … as though they were atoning for something . |
| 30 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |