Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And no nasty dream was going to spoil it for her . |
| 2 | The judgment effectively absolved it of criminal and civil liability for causing approximately 3,500 deaths and injuries to thousands , and the final settlement was only a percentage of the orginial sum of $3.5 billion that the government was going to sue them for . |
| 3 | ‘ What was he doing there , anyway ? ’ 'Raoul was trying to tap him for money . ’ |
| 4 | The responsibility was going to haunt him for years to come . |
| 5 | The story I 've got is that he was forced out because Ron Barron was threatening to prosecute him for fraud . ’ |