Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] looking for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 2 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 3 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 4 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 5 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |