Example sentences of "was [v-ing] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When de Kooning was looking for a bigger space , Vicente suggested he take a studio next to his . |
| 2 | Working as a pageboy in a club in St James 's in the 1930s , he mentioned to a member that he was looking for a better-paid job . |
| 3 | The Turkish authorities estimated that their charge to Iraq would be US$264,000,000 ; the UN was arguing for a lower figure . |
| 4 | He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices . |
| 5 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |