Example sentences of "when [pron] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met Dr Johannsen , the senior therapist at the local hospital , when I was hunting for wood on the beach at Cator . |
| 2 | When I was looking for data to check out these observations , I found plenty of examples — and where ? |
| 3 | I actually first realised this at the second year , that when I was looking for the , the previous year , I noticed that in July the business went and I thought , because everybody 's gone on holiday . |
| 4 | Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift . |
| 5 | Yes , I did open the door for somebody when I was leaving for work . |
| 6 | When I was leaving for my mother . |
| 7 | Mind you , when I was skivvying for that Brixton fam'ly , the head of the fam'ly did n't 'alf take a fancy to me . ’ |
| 8 | When I was asking for my referred leads yesterday , what did I say ? |
| 9 | I have quite a few contacts — people who knew me when I was designing for Carnega — and they have been very encouraging . |
| 10 | Was n't too easy for me , when I was standing for election . |
| 11 | I remember a graphic example of this when I was working for a blessedly short period as a Russian interpreter in Berlin in 1946 . |
| 12 | ‘ The personnel officer insisted I saw this 41-year-old woman when I was interviewing for a new secretary , ’ says Gina , a 30-year-old manager in a retail company . |
| 13 | you tell mother when I were fighting for me country , he ai n't got a bloody scratch on him now |
| 14 | And I often think to myself , when I 'm paying for something , think to myself , oh I would never have paid that years ago . |
| 15 | You say you had stuff stood here when I 'm waiting for a bleeding . |
| 16 | Without the frills you do n't need when you 're looking for real economy . |
| 17 | Well worth checking out when you 're looking for good cooking features in a good value cooker . |
| 18 | I mean when you 're looking for seventy thousand pounds savings you can only do two things . |
| 19 | When you 're looking for your first home , there are so many things to consider . |
| 20 | Er , you should n't put too many files in one directory , cos then you ca n't find them , when you 're looking for a file . |
| 21 | So you put your files in these different directories and then , when you 're looking for something , er , you 'll find it more easily . |
| 22 | So , when you 're looking for a file , you know you want , oh yes , it 's for er department er thirty six er it 's er payroll file , it 's for nineteen ninety four and it 's budget . |
| 23 | I do n't believe you can ignore five million , when you 're looking for reasons . |
| 24 | When you 're cooking for one , please yourself with easy-to-make stylish meals based on Dutch Edam . |
| 25 | Yes , at fifty instead of sixty , they said you retire at age fifty and we will make your pension up to what you would have got at age sixty and we will also do the same with you lump sum and so now you know , this and they did that with thirty thousand I think went in one year , it does n't take long to get rid of one point seven billion pounds when you 're doing for that er that number of people erm and |
| 26 | That was how close it was , and as Emerson once said to me , he learned that weekend , sweating out the last half-hour before the start , that when you 're running for the championship , you simply ca n't give anything away : give Stewart an inch and he would have taken a yard . |
| 27 | We 're with the plays , with going to the festival of course , you ca n't , you must be serious when you 're practising for something like that . |
| 28 | When you 're waiting for parole you go all funny — it 's like having a baby all over again . |
| 29 | It 's a pain then is n't it when you 're waiting for , why you waiting for machining is it ? |
| 30 | Seems a when you 're going for a bloody job ! |