Example sentences of "was [verb] [pos pn] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was gathering her strength for the season of ice that must settle over Munding Rectory . |
| 2 | But Gary was keeping his predictions for the gilt market restrained . |
| 3 | Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance , teeth bared , knife poised over his head . |
| 4 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 5 | I was saving my energies for the return journey . |
| 6 | Sylvia realised it was to fill their bladders for the games to come . |
| 7 | More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect . |
| 8 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 9 | President Bush , under a drizzle of criticism , was finding his nominee for the CIA directorship , Robert M Gates , was so implicated in earlier bits of skulduggery as to be a tough item to sell . |
| 10 | She found she was straining her ears for the musical clang of the town church bells . |
| 11 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
| 12 | There was no initial prospect of romance between her and Ian , but it was suggested her admiration for the man would sometimes lead to under-currents of antagonism between her and Susan . |