Example sentences of "they were [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were slowing for a roundabout . |
| 2 | But unbundlers did , for they were borrowing for a short haul before assets could be sold : in that time , they assumed their guesses about cash flow would be pretty safe and that asset prices would carry on rising . |
| 3 | McLeish thanked him , scrambled up the embankment , drawing in deep breaths , and walked carefully down the side of the track in the sizeable footsteps of his squad , explaining to them that they were looking for a sharp-edged weapon . |
| 4 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 5 | Muriel , probably because of her years and the fact they were looking for a more mature person , was by a hair 's breadth the front-runner , ahead of two younger girls both with experience of the insurance business . |
| 6 | The police could not know whether they were looking for a skiff , a punt , or a cabin cruiser . |
| 7 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 8 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 9 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 10 | When police and soldiers resumed their search of the area around Cirencester Golf Course this morning they were looking for a body . |
| 11 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
| 12 | If they were wishing for a girl by then , their prayers were answered : Emily Jane was born in Penton Street on 31 May 1857 . |
| 13 | They were marching for a lost innocence . |
| 14 | With help from sympathetic resources they were hoping for a world-wide mailing of leaflets . |
| 15 | I 'm glad to say they all finished as friends over a glass of beer … but there were no cheers for the Tredworth rugby team from Gloucester on saturday … they were hoping for a fairy tale in their Provincial Cup Semi-Final … sadly what they got was a horror story |
| 16 | They were waiting for a lobster boat 's arrival in expectation of being thrown a free dinner — less work than fishing on their own account ; which about summed up life on the Keys , Trent thought . |
| 17 | The hostess of the coffee place thought they were waiting for a table and corrected them for not standing in the queue . |
| 18 | To say they were playing for a 0–0 is an understatement . |
| 19 | GUESTS staying in Holiday Inn hotels did n't realise they were paying for a surprise extra — a peephole for staff to spy on them in bed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 22 | LABOUR 'S health spokesman , Mr Robin Cook , claimed during health questions that eye tests were dropping so steeply since charges were imposed earlier this year that they were heading for a fall of three million , but health minister Mrs Virginia Bottomley said the Government had not yet reviewed the effect of charges . |
| 23 | ‘ He was one of the students who rented the Pitt house in Church Street , they were missing for a while . |
| 24 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 25 | But they were going for a walk , they had come in to make him go with them , and they wanted me to go too . |
| 26 | They were going for a world record … and they got it . |
| 27 | Barry Pexton 45 , a former dog handler in the Sultan of Brunei 's army , and his wife Carol , 38 , left their rented home , West End Cottage , Staxton , near Scarborough , last Wednesday telling their two daughters they were going for a drink . |
| 28 | Or if they were going for a day then I might go down and |