Example sentences of "was not [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not aiming for any distant target , and nor does natural selection . |
| 2 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 3 | He pointed out that , unlike the South Western Board , he was not asking for any subsidy . |
| 4 | France , as he put it , was not fighting for selfish interests but was defending a vital area against communist infiltration and control and , to underline the point , Schuman emphasized that , since the Second World War , France had definitely abandoned colonialism ; although what the new policy of the French Union amounted to remained to be seen — and understood . |
| 5 | But this afternoon she was n't looking for spare rides . |
| 6 | I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble . |
| 7 | Apparently he was n't touting for more Pest Control business , rather his tropical iguana had escaped and made off through the undergrowth . |
| 8 | What if Lubor said he had heard , but that Ven was n't returning for another week ? |