Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing .
2 No-one in the England camp was prepared to say whether there was less longing for the next tour of the Caribbean or to Pakistan , where the proposed 1996–97 series seems safely enough into the future .
3 When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast .
4 ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week .
5 They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts !
6 ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says .
7 Shelley was already reaching for the suturing packs .
8 As Kylie 's business empire was already planning for the 1990s — estimates of its overall earnings are now a staggering £4.5 million a month — virtually every music executive in the world was casting an envious eye at what was being acknowledged as one of the best business operations pop had ever seen .
9 He was just losing for the third time when Celia walked back in , Mitch behind her .
10 But Robin-Anne did not react , and I looked down to see that she was not watching for the new day , but was crying .
11 My professional clairvoyant friend , who was once heading for the Christian mission field , said ,
12 ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn .
13 Master John , a natural chimpanzee , was always going for the high one .
14 While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump .
15 She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time .
16 On arrival at Worcester , Massachusetts , for the match , the earth was still moving for the British side and they lost nine-and-a-half to two-and-a-half , with Boomer winning his foursomes in partnership with his friend Archie Compston , but losing his single .
17 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 .
18 On the way back from that holiday in Provence , the party stopped in Paris , which John was also seeing for the first time .
19 He was also working for the British Council , writing for foreign magazines and attending functions organized by the Anglo-Swedish Society or the Norwegian Institute , as well as seeing American G.I.s stationed in London — it seemed to him on occasions that every American sergeant wrote verse .
20 He was now acting for the two men accused of bombing the Pan Am jumbo jet in 1988 with the loss of 270 lives .
21 Assuming the Turkey Pens had been situated at the rear of the house , he reckoned he was now heading for the outer fence somewhere off to the north side of the grounds .
22 After some long while of freelancing , Cara was now working for the superior bi-monthly magazine Verity .
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