Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 2 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 3 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 4 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 5 | I recently heard of a family who invited to church some friends who were staying with them for the weekend . |
| 6 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 7 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 8 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 9 | I wondered if she was talking to me for a minute . |