Example sentences of "was look 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 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 3 | Lee was looking for the bits of the fence that were buried in the grass . |
| 4 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 5 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 6 | ‘ He was looking for the environment he knew … straight hair , no sunglasses , a good grey suit , collar and tie . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ‘ 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp/processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . |
| 8 | In this case , though , is n't it more likely that Joanna was looking for the same 15 minutes of fame achieved by Australian nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow a year ago ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 11 | There were a lot of distractions , and I was looking for the . |
| 12 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I was looking for the loo , ’ I said as casually as I could . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | yes it 's Chernobyl , he was looking for the real word there , a nuclear what ? |
| 16 | Pascoe thought about it ; he was looking for the clue he knew he must have missed . |
| 17 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 18 | I told him he was looking for the mother he 'd never had , but of course he would n't listen . |
| 19 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She had got off the boat and was looking for the way out . |
| 22 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 23 | He was looking for the Douglas . |
| 24 | Noone was looking for the ball or running into space . |
| 25 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 26 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 27 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 28 | Yeah , I know I was looking for the erm oops ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |