Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 29 Moscow radio reported that almost all Ossete villages in South Ossetia had been razed by Georgian militants , and on the following day there were ominous reports from officials in North Ossetia that 12,000 armed Georgians were massing for an assault on Tskhinvali and surrounding districts still under Ossete control . |
| 2 | As England manager Geoff Cooke was naming his 30-strong squad for the five-day excursion to fitness-testing agony , the oblivious Ojomoh was packing for a Christmas holiday with his family in Nigeria . |
| 3 | Mr Salmond may well be right in supposing that Labour 's Scottish high command was looking for an excuse to wriggle out of its reluctant commitments to constitutional co-operation . |
| 4 | The chance of stardom beckoned after Maureen read that the Civic Theatre was looking for a corgi to appear alongside the Queen in the Roald Dahl play . |
| 5 | The small birds clustered tightly on the swinging coconut were fighting for a firm grip . |
| 6 | This is proving a vintage year for Cumbrian trainer , Gordon Richards , whose Clever Folly was winning for the fourth time . |
| 7 | Reginald Bray , a friend of Masterman 's , would remark on the same development : As Bray organised the arguments of Iris powerful Christian treatise on The Town Child ( 1907 ) around deep shades of pastoral contrast between the serenity of natural phenomena and what he regarded as the unnatural and shallow inconsistency of the irreverent city , he thought that ‘ the most remarkable effect of an urban environment is to be sought in the disappearance of the habit of self-control ’ : The riotous jingo crowds which had accompanied the Ladysmith and Mafeking celebrations during the Boer War had indeed provided one of the most visible manifestations of these perceived alterations among the British people , and observing that ‘ to ‘ Maffick ’ ’ is not really congenial to the British character' The Times ( 30 October 1900 ) had mused upon whether ‘ our national character was changing for the worse ’ . |
| 8 | He said staunch Tory newspapers were calling for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont — to follow that of David Mellor . |
| 9 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |
| 10 | On the stairs some man with a twelve-string guitar was improvising for the benefit of three skinny girls with long blonde hair . |
| 11 | ‘ Orders were orders ! ’ he roared , looking darkly at the friar , before going on to regale both him and the horses with an account of the meal his poor wife was preparing for the coming Sunday . |
| 12 | Some fifteen minutes after Thomas departed , accompanied by his small daughter , two elderly ladies were heading for the bakery to buy some salt . |
| 13 | On 22 June , when the Prime Minister was asking for a corps of at least 5,000 parachutists , the commando idea was moving in a number of directions . |
| 14 | These were the very classes whose disruption of bourgeois identity was enabling for a vital , oppositional , and radical modernism . |
| 15 | They were even more uncomfortable when their father entered with Rose just as the full hall was waiting for the curtain to go up . |
| 16 | Mrs Beckett , 49 , and her 66-year-old husband were preparing for a dinner party when the gang knocked at their white pebble-dashed detached cottage in the Derbyshire village of Littleover on Sunday . |
| 17 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 18 | Strangely this pledge was nearly fulfilled , for when the crippled Bismarck was making for the shelter of Brest , the U.556 , returning from patrol , came within torpedo firing range of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal , then hurrying north to intercept the German battleship . |
| 19 | Fakrid 's heavy eyelids were closing for the last time . |
| 20 | It looked as though Hereford 's away form was changing for the better on Saturday when they drew at Mansfield , but last night an attacking display by struggling Doncaster had them on the retreat again . |
| 21 | The Davies injury occurred as the former U S and British Open champion was diving for a catch . |
| 22 | SIR — On the BBC World Service news , at 0300 local time , the headlines began by stating that ‘ the ruling Conservative Party were heading for a massive defeat in the British General Election ’ . |
| 23 | While part of Polly 's brain noted the fresh fragrance of the soap and minty scent of toothpaste , the other part was registering for the first time the significance of plastic-covered grab-rails in the shower cubicle and on the front of the vanity unit . |
| 24 | ‘ At the time , young Steven was working for the Inland Revenue near Strangeways Prison . |
| 25 | She had a new child 's seat for her car , the moment she got home , after the flowers for her sister , her young grandson was going for a drive . |
| 26 | As they rode out of the low narrow gate , their knees banging , their heads ducked , the other monks were mustering for the Holy Office of Vespers . |
| 27 | However I managed to find Mr Jaggers ' office , noticing that other people were waiting for the great man too . |
| 28 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 29 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 30 | The greatest victory for the Sandinistas , he said , was that a new path was opening for the Nicaraguan people without war and where national interests would prevail over interventionist policies . |