Example sentences of "i [was/were] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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1 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
2 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
3 | I were looking for an alarm clock , I thought I better have a new one else I 'm gon na start sleeping in for work . |
4 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
5 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
6 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
7 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
8 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
9 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
10 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
11 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
12 | I was looking for a book on how people make them . ’ |
13 | ‘ I was looking for a bird 's nest to show Tory , Mummy . ’ |
14 | ‘ I was looking for a sounding board and that 's what I 've got . ’ |
15 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
16 | Slater says : ‘ I was looking for a new challenge and I am confident that this club will win honours . ’ |
17 | Nobody had heard of Rosie O'Dell ; I was looking for a needle in a haystack . ’ |
18 | I was looking for a good and intelligent woman to love — ’ |
19 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
20 | And occasionally if I was looking for a magazine to buy , it would get a lot of i good information in it too . |
21 | I was looking for a man named Tom Tunney , a washed-out writer and a deep-dyed drunk . |
22 | For I was looking for a job I was newly married in nineteen thirty six make a pound or two . |
23 | I was looking for a business venture worthy of my silver , some trade across the Narrow Seas or perhaps commerce with the Baltic . |
24 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
25 | Okay , so I was looking for a politically active , fat , drunk kleptomaniac . |
26 | I was looking for a 4 × 4 vehicle and either building could have housed this year 's import quota . |
27 | Yes that 's right , looked like a , a good plan , I was looking for a savings plan and er I suppose it 's one of those er fortunate circumstances , Friends Provident sent some stuff through , it looked good so I took it out . |
28 | ‘ I was looking for a hiding place for some stupid necklace I 'd bought , and the bureau was the nearest thing to hand ! ’ |
29 | ‘ I was looking for a business niche and the idea really took off , ’ said Mrs Spence . |
30 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |