Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the big race … the womens championships … the favourite Andrea Whitcombe who was out to win for a record equalling third year in a row was beaten in to second place by Lisa York of Leicester … they raced for nearly four miles and at the finish there was just three seconds between them |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't let me stop you ! ’ she exclaimed quickly when she saw he was about to call for the bill — and immediately wished that she had n't . |
| 3 | ‘ I was about to go for a turn around the village , ’ said Hope , switching the subject , as he thought , adroitly . |
| 4 | ‘ And the Court was about to assemble for the procession to the Plain . |
| 5 | I was about to head for the lift when I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor . |
| 6 | I was about to ring for a taxi . ’ |