Sentence examples similar to was fish for from inspiring English sources

I was fishing for a recipe.

I was fishing for gold.

Ms. Mirza thought he was fishing for free tickets.

It is unclear whether Mr. Downer was fishing for that information that night in May 2016.

These weren't the explanations that Converse's social-media team was fishing for.

If I was fishing for bream (pronounced "brim"), he said, they were hitting "flahrs".

While at Paradise Beach, he was fishing for a type of perch off the docks.

Update: Looks like the guy was fishing for trouble.

He was holding a cheap spinning rod and we asked him what he was fishing for.

I was fishing for it.

While Simon was catching fish from the lake, Jesus was "fishing for people".