Example sentences of "it was [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we were young it was deep mourning for a year and half mourning for six months , ’ Pat said . |
| 2 | Visiting them at Christmas was particularly rewarding for the field-worker in order to see conspired contacts demonstrate the regard in which they held the neighbourhood police ; of course , it was equally rewarding for the police . |
| 3 | It was easier going for Hugh who was now in great pain , but Marian and Allen became more watchful and uneasy because the most uncertain and dangerous of all possible enemies , man , was near . |
| 4 | One of the attractions of NoS was that , in breaking away from the Fleet Street mould , it was also looking for a different sort of employee . |
| 5 | When they reached the railway station it was already plying for new hire and the sound of an engine gathering up steam could be heard . |
| 6 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |
| 7 | In most professions it was suicide to admit to being a homosexual , and in some macho jobs like bricklaying it was probably asking for a brick to be dropped upon one 's head . |
| 8 | Last night the company said it was now looking for four full-time and one part-time person . |
| 9 | The Home Office confirmed that it was still looking for a ‘ parliamentary opportunity ’ to fulfil the promise . |
| 10 | And er my chum 's mother , she was a forewoman French polisher and he asked her to come and er work along with him you know , but it was I mean that was during the depression years , that was in the the twenties right through to the you know the The first bright spot was when the Queen Mary got started it gave people And then of course , just after that , things was beginning to pick up , but it was really preparing for war . |
| 11 | It was especially looking for new business in Osaka . |