Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus was I punished for wanting to go to these places , which I knew to be prisons for God . |
| 2 | ‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour . |
| 3 | And er you know he was I mean for instance at Salisbury Park he probably did n't mean anything but on Saturday when I was saying goodbye to him he said now I hope there 'll be somebody here at ten past ten to open this church tomorrow . |
| 4 | What was I going for ? |
| 5 | Nor was I waiting for rescue from above . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
| 7 | Was she praying for resurrection , asking the mysterious , invisible Maker of All Things to hasten the day when she and her dearly loved man would be united again as they had been in those golden days long past ? |
| 8 | What was she preparing for ? |
| 9 | Was she waiting for him to say something about the letter ? |
| 10 | Just what sort of a marriage was she planning for herself ? |
| 11 | He came and went so quickly that she might not have known it was him save for the flash of his yellow cravat under the gas-lamp . |
| 12 | Or was he intending for his debut feature to have just a limited run in a few European art houses ? |
| 13 | ‘ What was he lookin' for ? ’ she asked . |
| 14 | Why was he frightened for his life ? |
| 15 | ‘ Was he working for you when Mike 's family were kidnapped ? ’ |
| 16 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 17 | Alright he was carrying an injury but surely the onus of the team should not rest on a single player — and besides what was he doing for the first 80 minutes on Saturday . |
| 18 | Why was he waiting for Miss Harker ? ’ |
| 19 | Was he waiting for me to come in with him ? |
| 20 | The next question : who was he waiting for that night ? |
| 21 | Was he playing for me ? |
| 22 | What else was he suited for ? |
| 23 | Was he touting for custom from his readers ? |
| 24 | Was he going for a water ? |
| 25 | Who was it created for ? |
| 26 | Bearing in mind the policy modifications imposed on the Urban Programme after 1979 , what kind of supportive environment was it providing for the cities by the mid-to-late 1980s ? |
| 27 | Whose idea was it to send for the Mamur Zapt anyway ? ’ |
| 28 | What was it used for ? |
| 29 | And and and say your mother and grandmothers day was it used for tykes at all ? |
| 30 | No longer was it to look for signs of forest decline , it was to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline . |