Example sentences of "was [verb] for new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was looking for new challenges , and Cassell as a large independent commercial publisher offers me the scope to publish a wide range of books in a commercial environment . ’ |
| 2 | The fighting was caused for three reasons : different sides kept stealing cattle ; everybody was searching for new land ; and according to the Romans the Celts liked fighting . |
| 3 | The tax was abolished for new fields given development consent from yesterday onwards , as were rules allowing PRT bills to be offset against exploration and development costs . |
| 4 | It was used for new stations at Edmonton ( 1928 ) and Saskatoon ( 1930s ) . |
| 5 | The conservative bias in estimating lives was maintained for new investment , and other highly conservative accounting practices generally had an effect similar to replacement cost depreciation . |