Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she was doing is she was talking as a person who 's got a genuine love of the theatre as we all have that 's what were doing here looking for solutions now can I 'm I 'm as I said I 'm not assassinating your character now but you 're being very intimidating in the way that your talking to people . . |
| 2 | Inside were a couple of benches , and several villagers were sitting patiently waiting for him , while an old man sat at the door smoking a smelly little pipe . |
| 3 | order was heard still waiting for her word |
| 4 | I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night . |
| 5 | Chips was sitting there waiting for him . ’ |
| 6 | ENGLAND captain Gary Lineker headed an astonishing list of crocks yesterday as manager Graham Taylor was left desperately scratching for a squad for the internationals in Czechoslovakia next week . |
| 7 | B&P human resources director David Ramsay said the firm was resuming full-time working for the first time in four months , in order to meet greater demand . |