Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt the shrugging of his shoulders as if he were trying to forget for a little while the fear that never seemed quite to leave him . |
| 2 | He was trying to qualify for the Spring Satellite , but he returned in time to defeat Simon Bramwell ( Herts ) , in the final round . |
| 3 | The game he was playing called for a man who was able to move fast and travel light . |
| 4 | Also , he was not going to accept it , he was going to look for a real motive for this murder . |
| 5 | He said he was going to look for a radiator at a scrap yard somewhere passed Akers Way . |
| 6 | When the respondent returned he was challenged but insisted that he was going to pay for the goods . |
| 7 | He was challenged by the warehouseman but he assured him that he was going to pay for the goods . |
| 8 | When he was challenged by the warehouseman , he assured him that he was going to pay for the goods . |
| 9 | He was going to try for a buy-out . |