Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 2 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 3 | LOOKING BACK , it s now possible to see that well before the Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union the storm clouds were gathering for the nuclear dream . |
| 4 | With its panoramic views over the River Thames at Docklands , it is a delightful venue for CCG catering manager Tracey Evans and head chef Steve Raven , who until the recent opening of the restaurant were catering for the 200 Reuters staff from a portacabin complex . |
| 5 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
| 6 | He had some troublesome followers who were clamouring for a positive policy without being able to suggest one . |
| 7 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 8 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 9 | This carried them to the Plain of Finuval where the shattered remnants of the Elf armies were assembling for a desperate last stand . |
| 10 | But inevitably , others in the company were pressing for a greater commercial awareness . |
| 11 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 12 | Police were searching for the missing bicycle , but the announcer said nothing about the missing hair . |
| 13 | The two sides were vying for the third spot behind Wakefield and Orrell in the Northern Division allocation for the national finals to be played at Bath on April 26 . |
| 14 | ‘ My name 's Stirling , ’ he said , almost as though we were meeting for the first time outside his Club in London . |
| 15 | Red Rum and Desert Orchid were meeting for the first time . |
| 16 | Our judges were looking for a healthy shine , superb condition and fabulous movement and after much deliberation , Louisa Nicholson was chosen as overall winner . |
| 17 | If you were looking for a physico-chemical reason for this fact rather than the , more usual , historical one you could do worse than suggest a capacity to make helical molecules . |
| 18 | We were looking for a good flavour and meaty texture . |
| 19 | As with the sliced bread , we were looking for a good , brown appearance , a firm crust , a distinctive aroma and taste with some nuttiness and a firm but springy texture . |
| 20 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |
| 21 | You probably remember , erm , a stimulating little book published last year by Frank on the Impulse to Philanthropy , where certainly in his nineteenth century analysis of the growth of philanthropy , he saw to main things , evangelicalism , which er , meant that people were going out looking for converts , and therefore doing good social work on the way , and the growth of the women 's movement , in the sense that women otherwise unemployed were looking for a new area of activity to get into . |
| 22 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 23 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ If you were looking for a real boost to the industry then these first 10 days should have been much better , ’ said a City analyst . |
| 25 | Producer James Roose-Evans and Bryan Bailey , director of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry , were looking for a young actor to play the lead role in the French comedy Head of the Family . |
| 26 | IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay . |
| 27 | Most were looking for a local representative . |
| 28 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 29 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 30 | Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell . |