Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under s393(9) , excess charges on income arising in the final accounting period of a vendor company can be deducted as if they were trading losses for the purpose of carry-back or carry-across of losses , whereas charges on income can usually be deducted only in the accounting period in which they are paid ( though excess charges on income can be group relieved where the vendor is a member of a group of companies within s402 TA 1988 ) . |
| 2 | They were disputing strategies for the resistance and drinking red wine from France — sour claret , which had proved hard to sell . |
| 3 | But he warned that poorly constructed facilities were presenting problems for the industry in the future . |
| 4 | But this time there was particular urgency about their work as if each woman were counting votes for the two competitors . |
| 5 | The report , or news of it , attracted the attention of W. H. Feldman and H. C. Hinshaw , who were studying drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester , Minnesota . |
| 6 | Mike was there every day , being nice to me and telling me not to worry about anything , he 'd found this flat and his mother was seeing to furnishing it and they were making arrangements for the wedding . |
| 7 | In the great hall henchmen were laying tables for the banquet and the air was thick with the tangy wholesome odour of cooking from the kitchen which made both men 's mouths water . |
| 8 | Caroline and the rest of the group , who were raising funds for the BBC 's annual children in Need appeal , stopped off at a Turkish restaurant during their tour of four restaurants in Aberdeen . |
| 9 | The suit would be allowed even if the plaintiff did not suffer the loss , but was recovering damages for the benefit of the person who suffered the loss . |
| 10 | There the widow was recovering damages for the death of the original victim of the defendant 's negligence . |
| 11 | He caught Moira when he was signing copies for the children . |
| 12 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
| 13 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 14 | ‘ Like the good doctor Scawsby , I was completing certain errands — Scawsby was buying medicines for the Queen , ’ he yawned , ‘ I , of course , for the Lord Cardinal . ’ |
| 15 | As early as 1967 an inner group of ministers was examining proposals for the modernization of Polaris to prolong its credibility into the 1990s . |
| 16 | The Still Waters project began two years ago , while Denyer was doing shoots for the Broads Authority , a body set up in the late 1970s to manage and protect the area . |
| 17 | One of the few problems Julie and her husband faced was choosing tiles for the splashback . |
| 18 | A report tabled by Labour Minister Kuron to the Sejm on July 25 noted that the government was preparing proposals for the trades unions concerning the running of state enterprises . |
| 19 | A. In 1840 a great engineer , Isambard Kingdom Brunel , was making plans for the route of the main railway into South West England . |
| 20 | ‘ When I last saw her , she was making plans for the pub . |
| 21 | But in between Benjamin Titford was offering beds for the night to paying guests . ’ |