Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed when I arrived many of the ‘ former ’ secretaries were still working for the company . |
| 2 | Congressional threats to resist the dissolution of the Congress , however , were not expected to materialize and the major parties were already preparing for the election campaign . |
| 3 | No department was actively pressing for a treaty . |
| 4 | Elizabeth Stewart , post-graduate chemistry student , recalls that Sir Robert Robinson under whom she was to work was away working for a government department and his students rarely saw him : ‘ We never knew when he would do a lab round , and often it would be at the lunch hour , when I was out ’ . |
| 5 | It was difficult to reach an agreed policy and the CDP was now waiting for the CNAA to make the next move' . |
| 6 | But the London and North-Western and the Great Western Railway companies were criticized for their poor provision of workmen 's trains in 1892 and a parliamentary select committee was still pressing for the provision of cheap trains for workers in 1905 . |
| 7 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 8 | That methodology , some members argued , might enhance the Scottish budget given that Scotland was currently paying for a share of some centralised services which it neither used nor needed . |
| 9 | Erm , but at the moment were still looking for a driver . |
| 10 | The band were initially looking for a lighting rig and a PA system to do a gig in Aberdeen and obtained them from the music shop she worked in . |
| 11 | But analysts warned that troubles were still brewing for the trade position as the UK maintains its deficit despite the longest recession since 1945 . |
| 12 | In his dialogue with Lewis that September night , Tolkien was really arguing for a less human and more ‘ even ’ approach to the Gospel story . |
| 13 | In the bottom half of the draw Chris Wilkinson was again preparing for a second challenge to Jeremy Bates ' domination as he overcame strong challenges from Italy , South Africa and Sweden to reach his second final . |
| 14 | By 1942 the Labour Party Conference was also calling for a comprehensive scheme of social security , adequate cash payments to provide security whatever the contingency , a scheme of family allowances , and a national health service . |
| 15 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 16 | Most of the people who went to Virginia or the West Indies were clearly looking for an opportunity to do better than they could in England , and if they made fortunes they would probably go back to England to enjoy their wealth , but the Massachusetts Bay Company was more concerned with escape from England or with the creation of a society that improved on its better aspects and rejected the worse . |
| 17 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 18 | Shelley was already reaching for the suturing packs . |
| 19 | She and Boldwood were obviously going for a ride together . |
| 20 | A spokesman told The Northern Echo yesterday some local education authority staff were also working for the Dyslexia Institute and there was no indication the needs of dyslexic youngsters were not being met . |
| 21 | Leith could n't help feeling extremely sorry for her , especially when she discovered that Rosemary , brought up believing that marriages were forever , could not accept that her marriage was over — even though it had ended up such a disaster and Derek was now asking for a divorce . |
| 22 | But the truth is that Mellor was always riding for a fall . |
| 23 | THREE lifeboats , three tugs and an RAF Sea King helicopter were yesterday searching for an 18-year-old lifeboatman who fell overboard from a fishing boat . |
| 24 | At the same time as the Convent negotiations were taking place , the Governors were also advertising for a new headmaster , for Mr. Scott had decided to retire at the end of the Easter Term in 1979 . |
| 25 | We tried to reassure him that this was n't the case , that newspeople were merely going for the stories with the biggest hook . |
| 26 | In the Labour League of Youth leading members were actively negotiating for the formal amalgamation of the Young Communist League . |
| 27 | The idea of citizenship itself had a special status during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods as politicians , philosophers , educationalists , and social scientists were continually calling for a revival of the concept , by which they had in mind a form of social organization stressing harmony , duty , service , self-realization , rationality , and morally good behaviour . |
| 28 | After some long while of freelancing , Cara was now working for the superior bi-monthly magazine Verity . |
| 29 | ‘ The other song was really slammin' for the dancefloor but it 's a love song and it just did n't seem right . |
| 30 | There was no discernible motion , but Rostov guessed that the pod was already heading for the surface of Tarvaras . |