Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 2 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 3 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 4 | Programs such as Studio Software 's DO-IT and Software Publishing 's Harvard Professional Publisher ( now long defunct and actually licensed from Bestinfo of SuperPage and Wave4 fame ) were emerging for the PC while the Macintosh was also being targeted by Manhattan Graphics with Ready , Set , Go ! ( now distributed by Letraset ) and Boston Publishing Systems with the now defunct MacPublisher . |
| 5 | Noone was looking for the ball or running into space . |
| 6 | Yet the DSS was paying for the place and she could have shopped around if she had been provided with the help to do this . |
| 7 | He was heading for the villa but not on the drive itself . |
| 8 | She was heading for the supermercado when a flaxen-haired man with a teak-dark tan waved vigorously from beyond a group of onlookers on the opposite side of the square . |
| 9 | Grabbing a robe and a towel , she was heading for the shower when someone tapped quietly at the cabin door . |
| 10 | One said : ‘ He was going for the ball and then he winced in pain . |
| 11 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 12 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
| 13 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 14 | He went along with a friend who was auditioning for the lead and landed the part himself , playing a thug hanged for murder . |
| 15 | He went along with a friend who was auditioning for the lead and landed the part himself , playing a thug hanged for murder . |
| 16 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 17 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 18 | The elder son was working for the father as usual . |
| 19 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |