Example sentences of "was [verb] for [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Much of McQueen 's acting was done for him by the make-up of Charles Schram , who effectively ages him over his years of solitary confinement .
2 Little was done for him in the three years up to his seventeenth birthday when , like so many others , he found companionship and , ironically , the security he craved for by joining the army .
3 He was looking for something along the lines of Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy , an American from nowhere , and all the actors coming in were doing an Andrew Dice Clay or Billy Idol number .
4 While Famlio was looking for us near the Fraxilly sector , we 'd be elsewhere .
5 Donal was married on August 29 and shortly afterwards an appointment was made for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London .
6 Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community .
7 Little did I imagine that such a move was destined for me within the next two years .
8 The fourth matter upon which the appellants rely , and this is a matter of considerable importance , is that they claim to have been misled by the solicitor who was acting for them during the course of 1991 and particularly in respect of these committal proceedings .
9 What they witnessed , and what was recreated for us by the Ulster Youth Dance Company in Stranmillis College Theatre at the weekend was a spectacle far more disturbing and revolutionary .
10 The gardener was waiting for them at the front door .
11 For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house .
12 To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital .
13 Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i .
14 I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school .
15 They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall .
16 I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back .
17 When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs .
18 When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop .
19 This time he was waiting for me at the table .
20 Jekyll 's servant had received by the same post a letter similar to mine , and he was waiting for me with the locksmith .
21 The hill that was waiting for me across the next two miles of nothingness was typical of those I had climbed that day — no more than a hundred feet high , with a gradual slope .
22 The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite .
23 The wench was waiting for me in the street .
24 Daak was waiting for her beyond the next upright .
25 Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom .
26 Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived .
27 The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon .
28 Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient .
29 Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes .
30 He was waiting for her in the lounge .
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