Example sentences of "[conj] was [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one occasion when they did , in the run-up to the 1935 Election , it was — as we shall see — the peace movement that was agitating for a policy of resistance to aggression , and the Government that was forced by public opinion to suspend its deeply unpopular policy of appeasement — until the Election was safely out of the way . |
| 2 | Supporters of both sides could enjoy such matches and the crowd two years later back up in Scotland was enormous and was hoping for a repeat of the excitement . |
| 3 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 4 | She had innate sense of good movement and was searching for a system embodying those principles which fulfilled her concept of the art of movement and teaching its technique . |
| 5 | He had just won the Cannes Palme d'Or for Mission , and was looking for a new challenge . |
| 6 | She had just arrived and was looking for a cheap hotel . |
| 7 | He was born to be King and was looking for a princess . |
| 8 | He had just been de-mobbed from the Army , intended to go up to Oxford to work for his Doctorate in the autumn , and was looking for a house for his mother who had recently been divorced . |
| 9 | Earlier that year he had met a merchant from London who had money to spare and was looking for a likely speculation and Harry , being in the right place at the right time for once , had sold him the idea of investing in a privateering cruise to the Americas . |
| 10 | I currently had a Cavalier SRi and was looking for a GSi . |
| 11 | Well , she was actually called Marian Evans and was looking for a masculine name to writer under . |
| 12 | However , he played far better yesterday and was heading for a 67 until he unexpectedly dropped shots at both the 16th and 17th . |
| 13 | By now Caroline had left the London college and was working for a glossy magazine in Cardiff . |
| 14 | Zelah had taken out one tray of dishes and was returning for a second . |
| 15 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 16 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 17 | He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices . |