Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | LOOKING BACK , it s now possible to see that well before the Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union the storm clouds were gathering for the nuclear dream . |
| 2 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 3 | With its panoramic views over the River Thames at Docklands , it is a delightful venue for CCG catering manager Tracey Evans and head chef Steve Raven , who until the recent opening of the restaurant were catering for the 200 Reuters staff from a portacabin complex . |
| 4 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 5 | He gestured his dissent at this and in no time the crowd were clamouring for the umpire to reverse the decision , which he did . |
| 6 | Smooth-talking Pat O'Rourke said companies were clamouring for the rights to screen the yarn , Lifeboys . |
| 7 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 8 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 9 | Then as we commissioned our team for what is at the time of writing known as the King 's Arms church we experienced a pouring out of the gifts of the Spirit on those elders and leaders who were praying for the team : it seemed everyone had a word of instruction , a revelation , a tongue or an interpretation for the strengthening of the church . |
| 10 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 11 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 12 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 13 | By the 1830's the richer proprietors were pressing for the alienation of the commons . |
| 14 | Kennedy was fighting on the issue of public accountability for scientists , and the Friends of the Earth were pressing for the withdrawal of Federal funding for recombinant experiments . |
| 15 | Barnes and club-mate Ben Clarke were appearing for the Barbarians against Australia at Twickenham while their Bath colleagues were sinking 9–8 at Blundellsands to Second Division Waterloo in the third round on Saturday . |
| 16 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 17 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
| 18 | Police were searching for the missing bicycle , but the announcer said nothing about the missing hair . |
| 19 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
| 20 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 21 | The two sides were vying for the third spot behind Wakefield and Orrell in the Northern Division allocation for the national finals to be played at Bath on April 26 . |
| 22 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 23 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 24 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 25 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 26 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 27 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 28 | The big city was a powerful draw to youngsters who were looking for the chance to better themselves . |
| 29 | Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything . |
| 30 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |