Example sentences of "were [verb] for [art] new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |
| 2 | You probably remember , erm , a stimulating little book published last year by Frank on the Impulse to Philanthropy , where certainly in his nineteenth century analysis of the growth of philanthropy , he saw to main things , evangelicalism , which er , meant that people were going out looking for converts , and therefore doing good social work on the way , and the growth of the women 's movement , in the sense that women otherwise unemployed were looking for a new area of activity to get into . |
| 3 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 4 | Two specific claims were made for the new drug . |
| 5 | Erm , so what were doing is were , we hope were waiting for a new prisoner to be allocated to us , erm , and perhaps we could , perhaps we could , perhaps we can write and remind you think , think we should do that ? |
| 6 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 7 | Mass has been offered regularly in St Gerard 's School as funds were raised for a new church centre in Hemlington . |
| 8 | Its main aims were to press for a new constitution based on a formal state treaty and to slow the moves towards a market economy . |
| 9 | Six sites were shortlisted for the new buildings . |
| 10 | Significantly , when elections were held for the new parliament , the German politicians refused to participate . |