Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pron] were [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They invited the Spanish and local press to watch us train , which is exactly the opposite of what we were hoping for . |
| 2 | Mining company employees made no attempt to inform local residents of what they were prospecting for . |
| 3 | ‘ Would I be right in saying that we have n't provided you with what you were looking for when you came here ? ’ |
| 4 | For example , it included costs which ought more properly to have been included in their bill relating to the divorce proceedings , in which they were acting for the father . |
| 5 | All the individual professionals , managers and planners , together with the local people the service was designed to serve , shared a common vision as to what they were aiming for , often based around the concept of providing a more ‘ normal ’ home life for patients who had previously lived in an institution . |
| 6 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |