Example sentences of "was [v-ing] for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 2 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 3 | Harry Holmes senior was competing for the last time , having raced thirty-seven times between 1933 and 1969 . |
| 4 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 5 | Moreover it was becoming for the first time , as a result of Peter 's administrative reforms , an institution concerned solely with diplomacy . |
| 6 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |
| 7 | Again , it was with the help of Phil Andrews , who was No.1 on Venturous at that time , with Bob Wellock , an ex air/sea RAF coxswain from Liverpool Customs in command whom I was meeting for the first time . |
| 8 | Archie 's Nephew , a stable-companion of Rushing Wild , was scoring for the first time this season , having acted as a schoolmaster for novice riders in several earlier runs . |
| 9 | The horse was racing for the first time for Epsom trainer Roger Ingram having previously run in Ireland for Joanna Morgan . |
| 10 | Paul Johnson , the Mail 's ‘ hired gun ’ , was recounting for the umpteenth time the glories of the Thatcher Years . |
| 11 | Trouble , it seemed , was still in bed ; trouble was recuperating for the next engagement . |
| 12 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 13 | SILLARS STALKER * , who was winning for the first time on the Flat when landing an apprentice handicap at Hamilton Park eight days ago , should make a successful return to the Scottish track in today 's Levy Board Handicap ( 5.15 ) . |
| 14 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 15 | This is proving a vintage year for Cumbrian trainer , Gordon Richards , whose Clever Folly was winning for the fourth time . |
| 16 | McKenzie was fighting for the first time since losing his IBF title to Ulster 's Dave McAuley . |
| 17 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |
| 18 | While part of Polly 's brain noted the fresh fragrance of the soap and minty scent of toothpaste , the other part was registering for the first time the significance of plastic-covered grab-rails in the shower cubicle and on the front of the vanity unit . |
| 19 | When a number of us here did a study of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election , where Tony Benn was standing for the first time , and asked constituents themselves what they felt about the broadcast coverage , they repeatedly used the word ‘ bias ’ to describe it . |
| 20 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 21 | Saxton was talking for the first time since being sent home from Barcelona for taking the drug Clenbuterol . |
| 22 | We were in Verbier in March 1990 with our two sons aged 9 and 11 , both good skiers , and a daughter of 4 who was skiing for the first time . |