Example sentences of "was [v-ing] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Precisely who it was she was using for a role model became clear as a middle-aged lady , admirably slim in well-cut jodhpurs , erupted from some inner fortress to enquire , in tones that carried effortlessly across the yard , precisely why Caroline had failed to run up her stirrups , how long had she been riding ? |
| 2 | Ferdinand believed Godoy was scheming for a regency to exclude him from the throne ; Godoy knew that Ferdinand was intriguing against him with the French ambassador . |
| 3 | While his friends were earning their few pennies for a week 's work as paper-boys and butcher 's assistants , Dave was caddying for a round at Hollinwell , the championship course near his home . |
| 4 | He was fumbling for a handkerchief as she hurried up . |
| 5 | A few years later , that sum was awarded to Robert Maxwell for the false suggestion that he was angling for a peerage , while ten times that amount was lavished on Jeffrey Archer in revenge for the suggestion that he had received a sexual favour from a prostitute he had admitted to paying to leave the country . |
| 6 | He was opening for a rock band and his playing at that time was the best , for me . |
| 7 | At the end of 1866 he had asked the Governors for a testimonial , as he was applying for a post in the Midlands : |
| 8 | Reports of continuing disagreement suggested that while the EC was pressing for a period of 15 years for the transition from the MFA-governed quota system to GATT rules , developing countries were seeking a period of 6@1/2 years . |
| 9 | ‘ He said , ‘ I was dying for a pint so when I saw the pub I decided to land and come in . ’ ‘ |
| 10 | She was dying for a coffee but some streak of perversity made her answer briskly , ‘ Neither , thank you . |
| 11 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 12 | Zelah had taken out one tray of dishes and was returning for a second . |
| 13 | He called the tower , told them he had an emergency and that he was returning for a landing . |
| 14 | On the one occasion when they did , in the run-up to the 1935 Election , it was — as we shall see — the peace movement that was agitating for a policy of resistance to aggression , and the Government that was forced by public opinion to suspend its deeply unpopular policy of appeasement — until the Election was safely out of the way . |
| 15 | Everybody was shouting for a penalty . |
| 16 | Some years before , when he was hunting for a mill in the West Country , and I was on tour with some show or other , he wrote me : |
| 17 | Acheson added : ‘ I would accept [ using ] the average concentration [ rather than a maximum ] in relation to methaemoglobinaemia , ’ which goes less than half way to the justification that the DoE was seeking for a relaxation of the 50 mg/litre standard . |
| 18 | She was looking for a pensioner but , you were n't in the right street . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I was looking for a way out into the aisle . |
| 21 | Knowing what I do now [ he says ] , I think the DIA was looking for a way to get me back to Beirut to salvage what it could from the Asmar wreck . |
| 22 | But I bumped into Chris who 'd been doing some session work with Steve ( Buzzcocks ) Diggle , who was looking for a guitar player to do a few gigs , and Chris kind of trapped me into that . |
| 23 | The idea evolved when producer Ned Sherrin was looking for a sequel to That Was the Week That Was , the irreverent series that dared to poke fun at the Establishment and made stars of David Frost , Roy Kinnear , William Rushton , Eleanor Bron and Millicent Martin . |
| 24 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
| 25 | The most interesting binocular object is M15 , a globular cluster not far below naked-eye visibility ; it was discovered by Maraldi in 1746 , while he was looking for a comet . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The chance of stardom beckoned after Maureen read that the Civic Theatre was looking for a corgi to appear alongside the Queen in the Roald Dahl play . |
| 28 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 29 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 30 | A FEW weeks ago TeleClub featured Kristian Schmid ( Todd in ‘ Neighbours ’ ) and how he was looking for a boy or girl from Northern Ireland to join his Steel Can Recycling Board . |