Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The time I was looking for a house , he says it was n't enough to get into Sandy Row . |
| 32 | ‘ I think , ’ he murmured softly , ‘ I was looking for an excuse to shake you … ’ |
| 33 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 34 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 35 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 37 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 40 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 41 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 42 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 43 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 46 | My peg was on a gravel point , it looked perfect for the stick float but as I was fishing for a good weight I opted to start on the feeder . |
| 47 | She added that to herself while , aloud , she elaborated , ‘ I was fishing for a coin that I 'd accidentally dropped down the back of the chair … and there was my passport and the rest of my stuff . ’ |
| 48 | Then I was summoned for a talk : ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll get this man you suspect in for interrogation and the truth will triumph ’ . |
| 49 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 50 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 51 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 52 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |
| 53 | So you could say I was prepared for the ‘ English way of Life ’ from what I 'd read . |
| 54 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 55 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 56 | He rang while I was reaching for the phone . |
| 57 | I was intended for the religious life . |
| 58 | I went to your flat the other day , I was collecting for the blind . |
| 59 | I was apologising for the noise was n't I ? |
| 60 | One of the grown-ups said , ‘ I was hoping for a bit of a fly-past . ’ |