Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 2 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 3 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 4 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
| 5 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 6 | McKenzie was fighting for the first time since losing his IBF title to Ulster 's Dave McAuley . |
| 7 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 8 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
| 9 | Trouble , it seemed , was still in bed ; trouble was recuperating for the next engagement . |
| 10 | When a number of us here did a study of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election , where Tony Benn was standing for the first time , and asked constituents themselves what they felt about the broadcast coverage , they repeatedly used the word ‘ bias ’ to describe it . |
| 11 | Remember this — most of the players were regular first team players , so , exxcluding the very first transfers , all the players were playing for the 2nd Div champions , or a top 4 team in the country . |
| 12 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 13 | This is proving a vintage year for Cumbrian trainer , Gordon Richards , whose Clever Folly was winning for the fourth time . |
| 14 | Fakrid 's heavy eyelids were closing for the last time . |
| 15 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 16 | The two sides were vying for the third spot behind Wakefield and Orrell in the Northern Division allocation for the national finals to be played at Bath on April 26 . |
| 17 | While part of Polly 's brain noted the fresh fragrance of the soap and minty scent of toothpaste , the other part was registering for the first time the significance of plastic-covered grab-rails in the shower cubicle and on the front of the vanity unit . |
| 18 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 19 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 20 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |