Example sentences of "and [pers pn] was [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 2 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 3 | We were living here and there , and I was looking for investors , so we gave a care-of-Cook 's address . |
| 4 | And I was looking for real ones this time . |
| 5 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 6 | You look at a crowd of people , er last , a week , a week yesterday at Wembley at the Billy Graham mission there , er we were sitting in one place and I was looking for , for some other folk and I knew approximately where they were and there I was stand , they were , all you could really see was this mass of people , very difficult to pick out individuals within them but God does n't see it as a mass like that . |
| 7 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 8 | Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ We would have been about 13 and I was playing for South London district and Ian was in the Blackheath team , which also had Paul Elliott in it . |
| 10 | It was down the pasture near Lartington on a day during the last war , when the weather was very bad and I was going for the bus to Barnard Castle . |
| 11 | At least it felt like it was my own money and I was working for it . |
| 12 | She nearly did not remember in time , because the similarity was such an unlikely one and she was hunting for pictures of hatred . |
| 13 | ( Miranda was n't very big , and she was looking for people the same size as her . ) |
| 14 | She wanted to be able to hate him again , and she was looking for reasons . |
| 15 | It tasted of candied peel and nuts , and she was reaching for another one when she saw that Lucenzo 's head had lifted at the sound of a child 's piping tones . |
| 16 | It was a young female golden eagle , and she was going for the carrion he had left . |
| 17 | And she was going for an interview for a new job tomorrow . ’ |
| 18 | For all her capriciousness , Liza was aware of the importance of time-keeping in her particular job and she was waiting for Captain Nash as he emerged from the conference hut a little before the appointed hour . |
| 19 | Her husband had been taken into hospital and she was waiting for her son to come and pick her up at half past twelve , this was at half past ten in morning ! |
| 20 | She was angry at the time , and she was praying for guidance as to what to do with her life . |
| 21 | Well they was here , was it , two minutes after one and they was begging for a . |
| 22 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 23 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 24 | The local cop was called and he was looking for Howie . ’ |
| 25 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 26 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 27 | He recalled he had suffered a terrible nightmare ; so vivid that even when his eyes were open and he was screaming for his mammy , the nightmare would not leave him . |
| 28 | There was blood everywhere and he was screaming for help . |
| 29 | His robes were wet with perspiration and he was gasping for breath . |
| 30 | It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess . |