Example sentences of "say [pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 2 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 3 | What he says they were intended for and what their actual use was to be , were , I suspect , quite different . ’ |
| 4 | The management says they were closed for commercial reasons . |
| 5 | ‘ You said you were looking for me . ’ |
| 6 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |
| 7 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 8 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 9 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Those burglars he sent — you said they were looking for something . |
| 11 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |
| 12 | Police said they were looking for three young men in connection with the raid on Wednesday night . |
| 13 | But a young couple with a seven-year-old daughter said they were leaving for good . |
| 14 | In answer to our enquiries they said they were waiting for goods coming from Egypt to receive customs clearance . |
| 15 | Said they were talking for somebody big . |
| 16 | Labour 's campaign coordinator Jack Cunningham was forced to apologise yesterday to Hexham woman Caroline Drain after her name was included without her permission on a list of people who had telephoned the health hotline to say they were waiting for operations . |
| 17 | To say they were playing for a 0–0 is an understatement . |
| 18 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 19 | ‘ You mean you could n't just say you were going for a walk ? ’ |