Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 2 | Again in the 45–60 age group , noticeably higher proportions of unmarried women were caring for someone in the same household , were the main carers of their disabled relatives and friends , and were caring for over twenty hours a week than were either their married or male counterparts ( Green , 1988 , pp. 9–10 ) . |
| 3 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 4 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 5 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 6 | Little was done for him in the three years up to his seventeenth birthday when , like so many others , he found companionship and , ironically , the security he craved for by joining the army . |
| 7 | Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community . |
| 8 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 9 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 10 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 11 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 12 | He was waiting for her in the lounge . |
| 13 | She put down the receiver , feeling much happier , and even enjoyed the lukewarm haddock that was waiting for her in the kitchen . |
| 14 | Rune was waiting for her in the foyer as she stepped out of the lift . |
| 15 | No doubt he was waiting for her in the foyer , champing at her non-appearance . |
| 16 | Mike was waiting for her in the lobby when she came down , and she was pleased to see that he too had dressed as informally as possible in deference to the humidity . |
| 17 | He was waiting for her in the hall . |
| 18 | Tracey was waiting for her in the pub . |
| 19 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
| 20 | JENNY was waiting for her in the lounge of the Black Lion occupying herself with an evening newspaper . |
| 21 | Guido was waiting for her in the hallway , his face as black as thunder . |
| 22 | The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers . |
| 23 | The ice crown was waiting for him in the city , protected only by the ghosts . |
| 24 | She was waiting for him in the apartment . |
| 25 | Curtis , the local CID sergeant , was waiting for him in the police station . |
| 26 | Lewis Luther was there within five minutes , and I was waiting for him in the foyer by Purvis 's desk . |
| 27 | Another introduction to politics was provided for me in the person of Randolph Churchill . |