Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The militants were publicizing demands for political status to be conferred on their imprisoned leader Patricio Baquerizo whom they wanted released . |
| 2 | Elizabeth Addams lived next door , Thomas Addams was still at work in his smith 's shop , Thomas Burge had taken over as the Bristol carrier , and the Clement family were producing cloth for all they were worth in workshops at the end of the street . |
| 3 | Dr Norris said the doctors were demanding protection for all health care ‘ homicide ’ . |
| 4 | At that time a variety of the women 's presses were mooting ideas for conventional anthologies of Black writing in the UK . |
| 5 | Then at the end of the quarter you were getting dividend for twenty people . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Mr Lang said a minority of parents were undermining schooling for all children through allowing truancy , failing to teach the difference between right and wrong and leaving education to schools . |
| 8 | Both had undergone extensive cosmetic surgery following their escape and , at the time of their re-arrest , they were attending hospital for follow-up treatment . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The Crosby 10 was set up to help local charities and when we were taking suggestions for this year Vicki 's name was mentioned . |
| 10 | There were thriving professional leagues in most of the countries taking part , continental cup competitions were being born in both Europe and South America and the improvements in travel were creating opportunities for professional players to move beyond their national boundaries . |
| 11 | Worries that the relocated employees faced were finding employment for relocated spouses and ensuring that the relocation did not affect children 's schooling . |
| 12 | A Scottish Office spokesman dismissed recent reports that private organisations were preparing plans for private prisons as pure speculation . |
| 13 | Dickens declared that : ‘ Long before Henry VIII broke with Rome numerous developments were preparing Englishmen for some sort of religious and ecclesiastical change or crisis . ’ |
| 14 | With the fiftieth anniversary of the historic ‘ December Ninth ’ approaching , students were laying plans for large-scale rallies to remind the government of their traditional role as remonstrators and revolutionaries . |
| 15 | And the Thompson woman who was administering glass for eight months , only it did n't take , so Freddie Bywaters had to stick a knife into the man near Ilford Station . |
| 16 | There was seating accommodation for 15 first-class passengers at one end , and 21 third-class passengers at the other ; and between the two compartments was the kitchen and pantry , cooking by gas . |
| 17 | It was the most important day in both their lives although at this stage all they considered was writing songs for other performers . |
| 18 | The tendency for international capital flows to increase has been evident for some time , and was causing problems for central bank intervention in the final years of the Bretton Woods system . |
| 19 | But it was not long before he was describing projects for further productions . |
| 20 | Eddie 's betrayal of his cousins is also revenge — he was doing it to prevent Rodolpho marrying Catherine primarily , but at the same time he was getting revenge for all the problems that his cousins had caused him , especially regarding Catherine . |
| 21 | In that case the court was considering applications for judicial review by four prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for life imposed in the discretion of the trial judges for offences other than murder ( manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , false imprisonment of and sexual offences with boys , and arson by two of the appellants ) . |
| 22 | Last month she 'd phoned England from Turkey to say she was buying supplies for Kurdish refugees in the north of the country . |
| 23 | Nicky and Roma met while he was mixing sound for Planxty years ago . |
| 24 | I was doing veterinary for two years and I wrote away to companies but they just were n't all that keen to ge give girls a chance . |
| 25 | She was doing time for several rather serious drug-related offences . |
| 26 | Well then , cos he was doing executor for poor old soul poor old and er Ivy used to go and see her pretty frequently , she said do come and see me Mrs ? |
| 27 | ‘ Before that I was modelling clothes for some of the best fashion-houses in London — and in Paris too , sometimes . ’ |
| 28 | He joins Yuill from Twyfords where he was marketing manager for four years . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |