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 . |