Example sentences of "that [noun] was [v-ing] for the " in BNC.

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1 One of the soldiers wanted to know if it was true that Medoc was preparing for the birth into the world of the monster god-idol , Crom Croich , and an argument sprang up as to whether Medoc and Crom Croich were the most evil and most powerful forces ever to come out of the Dark Ireland , or whether the Erl-King had been worse .
2 This layout was a physical expression of the administrative structure that Hammond was organizing for the office particularly , as Mary Anderson points out , the special status awarded to the Under Secretaries and their political departments , by placing them on the same level as the Secretary of State .
3 The fact that Courier was playing for the trophy was a result of Saturday 's magnificent doubles victory by Sampras and McEnroe , whose emotional , fist-pumping speech inspired a remarkable comeback .
4 In this case , though , is n't it more likely that Joanna was looking for the same 15 minutes of fame achieved by Australian nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow a year ago ?
5 Trent knew that Mariana was waiting for the hurricane to fall on them .
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