Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , well , they were trumpeting Ade for the gold medal . |
| 2 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 3 | I 'm not quite sure whether you were commending Martin for being able to have two children in the same year |
| 4 | Oh were getting John for lunch on Sunday . |
| 5 | British footie fans were combing Europe for new styles a decade ago , says Peter Hooton ( above ) , who documented the rise of the humble sports shoe via his fanzine , The End |
| 6 | They were performing Luxembourg for the remainder of the week . |
| 7 | Helen felt as if she were hearing Nicola for the first time . |
| 8 | Many of the cast were discovering Dickens for the first time . |
| 9 | JS Journal editor and designer were visiting Torquay for the British Association of Industrial Editors [ BAIE ] Editing for Industry awards dinner . |
| 10 | By December 1965 the CIA was praising Wilson for his " great political acumen " and his courage and flexibility in the face of an extraordinarily difficult political and economic situation . |
| 11 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 12 | I was meeting Jenny for lunch . |
| 13 | He had addressed such matters in Edinburgh , St Andrews , and would in Glasgow , with an awareness that he was reporting Scotland for an English audience as he might have reported Bavaria or Sweden . |
| 14 | If she had , she would have been sure to say so when she was blaming Joseph for the murder . |
| 15 | It sounded as if this woman was blaming Jennifer for falling ill , instead of her precious son for running out on the situation . |
| 16 | Although I was doing Shakespeare for A-level I had never seen any of his plays performed on stage . |
| 17 | It was while the doctor was asking Bobbie for details of her family that Juliet suddenly remembered her mother up on Hunter Ward . |
| 18 | The bulk of this short book consists of transcriptions of letters sent by Giardini to Leone while the latter was scouring Italy for suitable singers . |
| 19 | But Sir John French , already disheartened by the news that the French Government was leaving Paris for new headquarters at Bordeaux , was thinking of retreat to the Channel ports . |
| 20 | On one occasion , Du Camp records , ‘ Flaubert was leaving Paris for Rouen when she entered the waiting-room of the station and went through such tragic scenes that the railway officials were obliged to interfere . |
| 21 | ft informed us that he was leaving Salamanca for England on his motor bike , via Cherbourg , and that we could expect him in Bath on a certain day . |
| 22 | And all I could think of was the way that baby had felt in my arms , and inside I was hating God for doing this to me . ’ |
| 23 | Queen Elizabeth of England was visiting Amsterdam for the William and Mary celebrations — three-hundred years of English-Dutch friendship — so us Dutch queens planned our own reception for her . |
| 24 | My partners were Doug Scott , squeezing climbing into a packed lecture programme , and David Harris , the author of Vortex , who was visiting Britain for the Boardman-Tasker Award ceremonies . |
| 25 | Ms Anderson , who has spent many years living and working in London and Washington , was visiting Torquay for the BA Conference . |
| 26 | During this time Mozart may have given some lessons to the young Beethoven , who was visiting Vienna for the first time . |