Example sentences of "[subord] they [was/were] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman Fowler 's speech was far too left-wing for them , so they were heading for the ‘ Hedgehog and Hogshead ’ , a railway pub north of the main Brighton railway station . |
| 2 | If they were watching for her , they would n't expect her to travel on the night boat from Liverpool , with a rough sea battering at the B & I ship , while the drunks and the seasick threw up in the smelly lounges . |
| 3 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
| 4 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 5 | If they were wishing for a girl by then , their prayers were answered : Emily Jane was born in Penton Street on 31 May 1857 . |
| 6 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 7 | If they were looking for something they knew where it was . |
| 8 | But if they were looking for something , and it 's that important to them , then it 's possible . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They 'd be on foot if they were looking for you , I think , but perhaps ‘ t would be safer to get behind the counter . |
| 10 | Or if they were going for a day then I might go down and |
| 11 | Squeezed like despondent sardines , they looked as if they were huddling for warmth . |
| 12 | It looked as if they were waiting for somebody , could it be me ? |
| 13 | A waiter came up and after one close look at them asked if they were waiting for Count Felipe de Santis . |
| 14 | No one would object if they were paying for the facilities themselves . |
| 15 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 16 | But Barons came back to lead 4-3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat . |
| 17 | This was important , because a national study in 1965 showed that one-fifth of women who were working part-time did so because they were caring for a sick or elderly person . |
| 18 | because they were paying for her house , she was n't her husband and herself did n't have to pay over there |
| 19 | While they were looking for her , they 'd turn the town upside down . |
| 20 | Boys queued up to take Gloria out , but avoided Deirdre , in case she asked them to help her muck out while they were waiting for Gloria to get her false eyelashes in the right place . |
| 21 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 22 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 23 | * We marched for about two hours then stopped for the night and ate fish the Indians had caught in the river while they were waiting for us . |
| 24 | ‘ Came here once , ’ commented Lord Beddington morosely , looking round while they were waiting for cabs to return . |
| 25 | The police could not know whether they were looking for a skiff , a punt , or a cabin cruiser . |
| 26 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 27 | They tell y' stories about the past , y' know , the war , or when they were fightin' for food an' clothin' an houses . |
| 28 | Referring to a comrade of her son 's , she wrote : ‘ This boy and mine were together all through the African war and only separated when they were preparing for France . |
| 29 | Their eyes flickered back and forth , as though they were searching for something . |
| 30 | She does n't even have to ask … people just feel obliged to run her errands … as though they were atoning for something . |