Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was gathering her strength for the season of ice that must settle over Munding Rectory . |
| 2 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 3 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sylvia was pestering her mother for a story one morning after breakfast . |
| 7 | 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 . |