Example sentences of "he was [adv] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You suggest he was secretly testing it for work on the Antarctic land mass , flying it south over the pack ice . |
| 2 | Account executives at the insurer , who monitor its agents , had Wright marked down as a man with constant cash flow problems — he was always hassling them for his commission . |
| 3 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 4 | She knew he had killed one of her countrymen the previous evening , and she supposed he was now preparing himself for all the others he would fight . |
| 5 | He was usually decrying her for displaying that vice . |