Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , his fame had not yet reached the gutters so the winos were not aware that they were providing material for a movie star 's performance . |
| 2 | By introducing a per capita tax , it was the government 's aim to draw every adult 's attention to exactly how much their local services were costing and to encourage them to assess whether they were receiving value for money . |
| 3 | No longer were people in small communities sharing the necessities of life , but they were using money for everything . |
| 4 | This will act as a yardstick by which industry and local authorities could check they were getting value for money , he said . |
| 5 | Members of suitable quality were needed , but members must feel that they were getting value for money . |
| 6 | She had been his nurse when he was a little boy , she had told Sally-Anne when they were preparing dinner for him one evening . |
| 7 | It was that in no way was I going to bring a coffin from Stoke-on-Trent to Llandderfel on the roof-rack of a Metro and that they were driving north for the weekend and would stop off and pick it up on the way home . |
| 8 | They were compiling information for a guide to the Great British pub-goer . |
| 9 | He claimed that they lost him money by selling Licence To Kill cheaply to boost company finances , when they were raising cash for a takeover bid . |
| 10 | Both had undergone extensive cosmetic surgery following their escape and , at the time of their re-arrest , they were attending hospital for follow-up treatment . |