Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 2 | We were hanging about for 19 hours altogether . ’ |
| 3 | It was less bad than the one before , but I could n't tell if they were dying down for good or if this were the prelude to something else . |
| 4 | So we were looking around for interesting stuff to push — sounds like drugs , eh ? — he-he-he ! — and someone mentions Walter Machin . |
| 5 | Surely no supporter actually believed Bobby Charlton , Justin Fashanu and Tom Finney were turning out for United ? |
| 6 | And winger Franz Carr ruined two promising build-ups with poor crosses when Deane and Hodges were lining up for clear strikes at goal . |
| 7 | so we started to look for something and I wanted a bungalow , I did n't want to house again , just the two bedrooms I thought would be nice , so what we did we found this bu er this bungalow in er out of Crewe in Haslington and er we put up our house for sale , it cost seventeen thousand , five hundred and this bungalow we bought seventeen thousand , six hundred and fifty , so all I had to add was one hundred and sixty pounds , to sell the house , but the house needed change all the windows to put all the windows and the doors because they were all rotting in , you know , because the houses built er before the second world war and er what we did we put up the and in three months ' time , it in three months ' time my house went and we were moved , in September we started to sell , in January we 'd been living in the , in the new bungalow and then about three years later they built a row of bungalows on the other side where there should , should of been , they kept the land , it should of been shops , but then they changed their minds , they did , they did n't build the shops , but they built all these bungalows again on the other side , you 've been to my home , yeah , so the road that , over the road these bungalows were about three years later than ours and they were going down for thirty two thousand pound , and I bought mine for seventeen thousand seven sixty at six fifty , yeah |
| 8 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 9 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 10 | ‘ We were getting on for ten when we liked it , ’ Finch said . |
| 11 | Instead of offloading underperforming RISC machines on its customers — thousands of which were crying out for more power — it rushed to boost the power of its obsolete 16-bit processor by every tweak possible , and virtually gave the things away . |
| 12 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 13 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 14 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 15 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
| 16 | ‘ I found a flea market in Holborn and was walking around for three hours . |
| 17 | All the happening was going on for other people miles away . |
| 18 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 19 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 20 | Erm , because I was going out for half past two and er , she rang , she says he has n't rung yet so I assume he 's going to be home . |
| 21 | He was getting on for seventy and had arthritis . |
| 22 | Constanza was getting on for fourteen and everybody had forgotten about an heir . |
| 23 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 24 | One late summer morning when Celia was getting on for four years old , Harriet drove back to Four Winds after one of her solo shopping-trips and was surprised to find Liza sitting outside with a young woman of about her own age . |
| 25 | His patient was getting on for fifty , a handsome , tall woman , very well-dressed . |
| 26 | John Knollys himself was getting on for fifty : a wizened , weatherbeaten man , and a master craftsman and designer . |
| 27 | It was getting on for two in the afternoon as she crossed the Rådhuspladsen on her way towards the old part of the town . |
| 28 | Soon she was completely absorbed , and when she finally straightened and looked at her watch she was staggered to find it was getting on for six o'clock . |
| 29 | Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated . |
| 30 | It was getting on for 5 o'clock and the village were batting . |