Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 33 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
| 34 | We were in Verbier in March 1990 with our two sons aged 9 and 11 , both good skiers , and a daughter of 4 who was skiing for the first time . |