Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] was [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd get very wild those times , like he was making up for something . |
| 2 | For a moment it was as if he was casting around for suitable names , and then suddenly he was looking past Alexei towards Jehan . |
| 3 | Erm , because I was going out for half past two and er , she rang , she says he has n't rung yet so I assume he 's going to be home . |
| 4 | Andrew Sentance , economics director at the Confederation of British Industry , said the economy was balanced on a knife-edge but it was not possible to say whether it was heading irretrievably for recession . |
| 5 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 6 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 7 | As she was poking about for more loot I glanced back at Granny and saw that the sheet had moved again . |
| 8 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 9 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 10 | Ramsay himself did not know this Ettrick Forest area so well as the main Middle and East Marches ; but from the route the usurper had taken from Moffat , it looked as though he was heading either for the mid-Tweed or Teviot dales — although he could have reached the former more easily by turning off in the Broughton area of Tweedsmuir . |