Example sentences of "who was [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 This last remark was addressed to Grant , who was indeed waiting for a break in Curtis 's verbal flow , in order to get a word in .
2 She scuttled across the road , dragging a reluctant Snappy who was obviously spoiling for a scrap , just as Ford reached his front gate .
3 I wandered off to find Jack Mason and my parents and saw Toby , who was obviously heading for the Press tent , the conference with the winner , and several post-tournament drinks .
4 Plus , it gave the world Anna Ford , Gordon Honeycombe , Selina Scott and , most excellently , Reginald Bosanquet , rug-wearing alleged drunk who was actually suspended for a month in 1976 to ‘ sort out his private life ’ .
5 My professional clairvoyant friend , who was once heading for the Christian mission field , said ,
6 ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn .
7 He said the ‘ fittest ’ patient in the intensive care ward was the one who was always chosen for the ambulance ride .
8 Another sympathizer was Lord Furness , a self-made man from the very bottom of the ladder , whom the NSFU recalled " as a great shipowner who was never averse to the claims of justice and fair play , always approachable in any difficulty , from whom a case reasonably stated never failed to obtain a patient hearing and who was never spoiling for a fight " .
9 Among those covered by the files were Josef Mengele , a former superintendent of the Auschwitz concentration camp who had lived in Buenos Aires from 1959 until his death in 1979 [ see p. 33759 ] ; Josef Schwammberger , extradited in 1990 [ see p. 37899 ] ; and , reportedly , a self-styled " Slovakian National Socialist " , Stefan Polakovic , who was still writing for an Argentinian publication in 1992 .
10 Graham swung the Makarova on Al-Makesh who was still reaching for the Beretta .
11 The nearest they came to securing the cushion of a two-goal lead came when Rush lobbed the ball into the path of Davenport , who failed to get sufficient power into a shot to beat Walton , who was still deputising for the injured Gunn .
12 Over the next two days , Harry cycled through Zutphen and Arnhem to Eindhoven , where a cafe owner gave him coffee and rolls , and a priest , who was a friend of the cafe proprietor advised Harry who was now headed for the Dutch/Belgian border .
13 He lost , and lost again at a by-election in February 1936 in Ross and Cromarty against Malcolm MacDonald [ q.v. ] , the National Government candidate and dominions secretary — another embarrassment for his father who was then angling for a cabinet post .
14 This ‘ rothaariges Jungling ’ was the twenty-three year-old Frits Lugt who was then working for the auctioneers Frederik Müller et Cie and the message led to an invitation to visit Dr Max Friedländer in that great training ground for art historians , the Print Room of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum .
15 Martinho had the air of a man who was permanently waiting for a question to be answered .
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