Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] looking for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 2 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 3 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 5 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 6 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 7 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 8 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 9 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 10 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 11 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 14 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 15 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 16 | ‘ You were looking for the creature , ’ the Doctor realized . |
| 17 | You were looking for the ring … |
| 18 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 19 | She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation . |
| 20 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 21 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 22 | They are said to have explained that they were looking for the conductor to buy their tickets as Stonehouse station did not sell tickets at that time of night . |
| 23 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 24 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 25 | ‘ He was looking for the environment he knew … straight hair , no sunglasses , a good grey suit , collar and tie . ’ |
| 26 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 27 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 28 | yes it 's Chernobyl , he was looking for the real word there , a nuclear what ? |
| 29 | Pascoe thought about it ; he was looking for the clue he knew he must have missed . |
| 30 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |