Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
2 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
3 | He was saving it up for a rainy day . |
4 | Erm so he ju he was taking it over for a couple of weeks . |
5 | And he he caught her the other day , she was putting them out for the birds , she do n't like them but she said . |