Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After a shaky start , the Meteors are on a roll … yesterday against the Solihull Dodgers they were looking for their fifth successive win . |
| 2 | You were looking for it last night . |
| 3 | Oxford United were heading for their second successive nil all game , when in the first minute of injury time , central defender , Andy Melville popped up in the penalty area to score a vital goal , and to give United three vital points in their fight against relegation . |
| 4 | But Liverpool appeared to have weathered the storm and were heading for their first clean sheet since their Cup final win in May when Spoliaric crashed home a left-foot drive on the hour . |
| 5 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 6 | They were dancing for you last night . |
| 7 | In July last year came the news that the WRVS was looking for its first chief executive . |
| 8 | Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for . |
| 9 | Five minutes into the second half , the parry was from the boy was looking for his first goal , and it 's picking up the pieces for his second of the afternoon . |
| 10 | And , to complete his heartbreak , his car broke down when he was looking for his ninth win of the season at the Italian Grand Prix . |
| 11 | At the time of his stroke , he had just finished a major biography , which had received critical acclaim , and he was researching for his next book . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , in the Doubles final Ian McClure was heading for his second Irish title when he built up a 19-6 lead after 13 ends over James Talbot and Michael Nutt of Old Bleach . |
| 13 | Thomson was going for his fourth British Open title . |
| 14 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
| 15 | When Ruth climbed into her bed that night Miss Beard was packing for her next day 's departure and she was far more talkative than usual , regaling Ruth with the names and pedigrees of notables with whom she might be privileged to breathe the same air . |
| 16 | Sorry , I forgot to mention that the fax and collect method works for tickets , mine was waitning for me last night . |