Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 2 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 3 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 4 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 5 | I was looking for a book on how people make them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was looking for a bird 's nest to show Tory , Mummy . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was looking for a sounding board and that 's what I 've got . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 9 | Slater says : ‘ I was looking for a new challenge and I am confident that this club will win honours . ’ |
| 10 | Nobody had heard of Rosie O'Dell ; I was looking for a needle in a haystack . ’ |
| 11 | I was looking for a good and intelligent woman to love — ’ |
| 12 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
| 13 | And occasionally if I was looking for a magazine to buy , it would get a lot of i good information in it too . |
| 14 | I was looking for a man named Tom Tunney , a washed-out writer and a deep-dyed drunk . |
| 15 | For I was looking for a job I was newly married in nineteen thirty six make a pound or two . |
| 16 | I was looking for a business venture worthy of my silver , some trade across the Narrow Seas or perhaps commerce with the Baltic . |
| 17 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
| 18 | Okay , so I was looking for a politically active , fat , drunk kleptomaniac . |
| 19 | I was looking for a 4 × 4 vehicle and either building could have housed this year 's import quota . |
| 20 | Yes that 's right , looked like a , a good plan , I was looking for a savings plan and er I suppose it 's one of those er fortunate circumstances , Friends Provident sent some stuff through , it looked good so I took it out . |
| 21 | ‘ I was looking for a hiding place for some stupid necklace I 'd bought , and the bureau was the nearest thing to hand ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was looking for a business niche and the idea really took off , ’ said Mrs Spence . |
| 23 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 24 | The time I was looking for a house , he says it was n't enough to get into Sandy Row . |
| 25 | ‘ I think , ’ he murmured softly , ‘ I was looking for an excuse to shake you … ’ |
| 26 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 27 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 28 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 30 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |