Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 2 | ‘ When we were looking around for a royal to open the centre , we were promised as soon as someone was available for a royal visit , we would get one , ’ said Peter Carberry , chairman of Darlington Mind . |
| 3 | Two friends from the paras — one an ex-member of the Irish Rangers , the other a deserter from the French Foreign Legion — were saving up for a trip to South Africa where they intended to join the South African Army . |
| 4 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 5 | They were going out for a west end meal in the evening . |
| 6 | She and Hattie said they were coming around for a cup of tea . |
| 7 | The news when Rain reached the office was that Tavett was again being questioned by the police ; there were insistent rumours of a row between Maureen and Barron ; the freedom of speech people were muttering obscenities because their latest attempt at a cartoon had been rejected ; and the Patriotic Ten were casting around for a fresh mind to help them get their statement into publishable form . |
| 8 | Secretly ( because the papers would never report it ) , behind the scenes a huge demand was building up for a ‘ decent ’ paper , one which — dare they say it — would Tell the Truth . |
| 9 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 10 | ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end . |
| 11 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 12 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 13 | With IBM Corp 's stock in the cellar and as hopes dim it will ever again return as the flagship of the US stock market , The New York Times last Sunday 20th was searching around for a successor and came up with — you guessed it — Microsoft Corp . |
| 14 | I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit . |
| 15 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 16 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 17 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 18 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |
| 19 | She 'd told her husband she was going out for a walk with their pet dog , Kirsty , when she was found the dog was still clinging to her . |
| 20 | Twenty-four hours after training , there was getting on for a sixty-per-cent increase in the numbers of spines to be found on the dendrites in the left IMHV ( but almost no effect in the right ) . |
| 21 | The Shah said that he was staying on for a while , not flying immediately either to the States back to Egypt . |
| 22 | The rain was holding off for a while and the streets were drying in patches . |
| 23 | He then called his father , now living in retirement at Lake Martin , and got the name of a former Libyan engineering colleague , whom Coleman immediately telexed , saying he was coming out for a visit . |
| 24 | And he was moving in my direction , although I did n't know he was coming in for a photograph . |
| 25 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 26 | After years of industry — and the country — being almost paralysed by strikes and restrictive practices , the country was crying out for a Government that would give a lead . |
| 27 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 28 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 29 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 30 | Actually , before he moved away , he , he gave up his designing job and he was working in for a bit . |