Example sentences of "she [was/were] looking for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 2 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 3 | So basically she was looking for a job . |
| 4 | She had announced that she would stay in Paris until October , but by October she was looking for a new place to rent , now deeply involved with Modi and unable to leave . |
| 5 | My wife , Joyce also came close and peered , but in her case I believe she was looking for a miracle . |
| 6 | She grew up associating ‘ love ’ with an emotional roller-coaster , and although she was looking for a long-term partner , Deborah quickly became bored and dissatisfied in a stable relationship . |
| 7 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 8 | Well you obviously , she was looking for a spec a gentleman within a certain age range . |
| 9 | She was looking for a pensioner but , you were n't in the right street . |
| 10 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 11 | 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 . |