Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN election candidate was last night accused of abusing democracy after some of the people who signed his nomination papers said they were not told he was standing for the far-Right British National Party . |
| 2 | Nourse LJ thought it worth mentioning Lord Blackburn 's comment , based on Blackstone , that ‘ the sheriff also was bound to raise the hue and cry , and call out the posse comitatus of the county whenever it was necessary for any police purposes ; in so doing he was acting for the Crown ’ . |
| 3 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 4 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 5 | I thought he was going for the interview for the job |
| 6 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 7 | Yesterday , two of them told The Northern Dr Clarke had not mentioned he was standing for the BNP , and that they would not have signed had he said so . |