Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] was [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps it is saying something when I tell you he was aiming for the optician 's and ended up in the carpet shop , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 4 | I told him he was looking for the mother he 'd never had , but of course he would n't listen . |
| 5 | Heydrich did not need to file a flight plan — had no intention of so doing-but he strolled to the control tower to tell them he was going for a spin . |