Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The independent schools inspectorate , HMI , in a report published yesterday on the ‘ rather tentative start ’ of AS levels , said a quarter of schools were using these for the wrong reasons , often as a safeguard for weaker Alevel candidates . |
| 2 | All the boats were getting ready for the regatta that afternoon , bailing out dinghies , coiling ropes , and smells of food frying wafted across the smell of the estuary . |
| 3 | It was one of those golden autumn afternoons and there were blackberries and splashes of old man 's beard in the hedges , and the hawthorn berries were ripening scarlet for the birds when the cold winter came along . |
| 4 | We always got excited when we were packing ready for the journey of about 50 miles . |
| 5 | The week went by , it was a very pleasant week , hot with a cool breeze that made games and swimming even more pleasant than usual , Alicia and Betty were practising hard for the school sport , both were excellent swimmers and divers . |
| 6 | In a big terraced house in Dunlaoghaire , another household was getting ready for the opening of the university term . |
| 7 | As the days sped past , we knew that the tide was running strong for the coalition and growing stronger . |