Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 2 | She and Boldwood were obviously going for a ride together . |
| 3 | They were not opting for a particularly expensive scheme . |
| 4 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 5 | But er if they were just working for a single day , it was long day up till ten o'clock at night in a harvest you know . |
| 6 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 7 | you know , cos we were all single I think all of us were and we were just going for a joke cos seriously it 's just a cattle market at you know you do n't talk to people well you do but it 's just a laugh . |
| 8 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 9 | Chief Supt David Foster said there was no indication of a sexual attack and police were still searching for a murder weapon . |
| 10 | Erm , but at the moment were still looking for a driver . |
| 11 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 12 | Material did come to me at EMI Publishing from EMI Records , and if we were interested in an act who were also looking for a record deal , we would pass the information through to EMI Records . |
| 13 | At the same time as the Convent negotiations were taking place , the Governors were also advertising for a new headmaster , for Mr. Scott had decided to retire at the end of the Easter Term in 1979 . |
| 14 | The opposition were loyally supporting the Government , but were also pressing for a definitive statement . |
| 15 | So we were really looking for a home for the turbine ( which needed a thirty-foot head of water ) , as well as for ourselves . |
| 16 | He added that they were now calling for a fundamental review of taxation and a broadly-based training and employment programme . |
| 17 | PROFESSIONAL hunters called in by police were today searching for a great white shark that killed a scuba diver on his honeymoon . |
| 18 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 19 | The British were then looking for a 'strongman solution " to the problem of keeping their influence in Iran . |
| 20 | The band were initially looking for a lighting rig and a PA system to do a gig in Aberdeen and obtained them from the music shop she worked in . |
| 21 | The idea of citizenship itself had a special status during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods as politicians , philosophers , educationalists , and social scientists were continually calling for a revival of the concept , by which they had in mind a form of social organization stressing harmony , duty , service , self-realization , rationality , and morally good behaviour . |
| 22 | She scuttled across the road , dragging a reluctant Snappy who was obviously spoiling for a scrap , just as Ford reached his front gate . |
| 23 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 24 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 25 | He made friends easily though he occasionally collected the odd hanger-on who I felt sure was only waiting for a Sheikhly hand-out . |
| 26 | He was suddenly spoiling for a fight again . |
| 27 | Today it was to be local aerobatics ; the war in Europe may have ended , but he was eagerly hoping for a posting to the Pacific Theatre . |
| 28 | I just knew it would be a trick question to start the contest and was desperately groping for a trick answer when Swartz said ‘ Silverstone ’ and scored his opening point . |
| 29 | Elizabeth Stewart , post-graduate chemistry student , recalls that Sir Robert Robinson under whom she was to work was away working for a government department and his students rarely saw him : ‘ We never knew when he would do a lab round , and often it would be at the lunch hour , when I was out ’ . |
| 30 | He was already acting for a number of young painters including Kisling , Hayden and Kremegne , and was determined to find a way of fostering Modigliani 's talent . |