Example sentences of "when [pron] were [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | you tell mother when I were fighting for me country , he ai n't got a bloody scratch on him now |
| 2 | That 's where I was earlier when you were looking for me . ’ |
| 3 | Is this what you found when you were looking for that card ? |
| 4 | Where you aw aw aw a a aware of that you were in a a b business that was succeeding when you were working for him ? |
| 5 | Mrs Darling , what was going through your mind when you were waiting for the verdict ? |
| 6 | One day I had one of the prototype JS1s ; it was an ash body and that did n't work out too well when we were looking for woods . |
| 7 | yeah , well I , Mike says I brought that one home when we were looking for a hall instead , but I said no I said it was one very similar , but he said we could n't have it because erm |
| 8 | But in this quarry now in when we were working for everybody was on the same bonus , you know they was they were all partners . |
| 9 | They tell y' stories about the past , y' know , the war , or when they were fightin' for food an' clothin' an houses . |
| 10 | Referring to a comrade of her son 's , she wrote : ‘ This boy and mine were together all through the African war and only separated when they were preparing for France . |