Example sentences of "and [pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought he would say nothing more , then he went on slowly , ‘ Gabriella and I were engaged for only three months . |
| 2 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 3 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 4 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 5 | After several days of rain , my wife and I were praying for sun . |
| 6 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
| 7 | And Jerry and I were posing for pictures … ’ |
| 8 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 9 | Aircraft which were collected with such discrimination and taste , which were restored using the most scrupulous of standards and which were displayed for us and our children to enjoy at the Tamiami Airport near Miami , Florida . |
| 10 | Species that were numerous around the boat and which were caught for a cursory examination only ’ were released again alive , ‘ the operation ’ , Gould maintained , giving ‘ not the least pain to the bird , the point of the hook merely taking hold in the horny and insensible tip of the beak . ’ |
| 11 | The libraries with the most extensive training programmes were most likely to be the ones who had clearly identified their training needs , and who were looking for ways of either increasing or maintaining the effectiveness of their training by developing methods that would enable them to get round the restriction of decreasing staff ‘ mobility ’ . |
| 12 | In early 1988 we reported in this journal the short term outcome in 33 patients referred to the National Heart Hospital between late 1984 and the end of 1986 and who were accepted for urgent cardiac transplantation . |
| 13 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 14 | Mornings were frost-blue , breath turned to fog and we were dressed for a cold day in the Himalayas , cocooned in pile clothing and moonboots . |
| 15 | It was cloudy enough to require full IFR flight , and we were cleared for the ILS at Vigo , but had to refuse since the VOR/DME there was out of order and there is no additional locator beacon to find the beam . |
| 16 | And it was quite quiet for a little bit because most of them had established themselves and we were waiting for a breakout and er we did n't get on the move again until the they went through the after it had been . |
| 17 | He chose a wonderful day , a really glorious day , and we were going for a picnic , there were blue skies and white sand , and he asked me to marry him . |
| 18 | Well we started off and we were working for . |
| 19 | And we were working for for fourteen pound at that time . |
| 20 | The Indians used the berries to dye feathers and fabrics , and they were prized for their healing properties ( wounds were bathed with the juice ) . |
| 21 | Tommy Drennan and Mr O'Donnell came next and they were looking for two to bring up the rear . |
| 22 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 23 | That started because I think Charles saw that they were eventually going had to give way to twenty additional fire fighters and they were looking for safety within the service . |
| 24 | they were , they were ha , I thought they , they , they were over there and they were looking for , there was n't like taking |
| 25 | Oh and the fourth thing that happened is the timbers , core samples were taken out of the timbers and they were sent for erm dendrochronology . |
| 26 | They were a step in a different direction from the exotic and theatrical Victorian house , and they were built for a more architecturally educated and independent type of client . |
| 27 | Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door . |
| 28 | Do n't ask me to pluck figures out of the air , but it was a reasonable rent , and they were paying for the rates , and their electricity , and their water supply , and their sewage disposal , on permanent sites . |
| 29 | They had laid down their War Aims and they were waiting for Germany to speak . |
| 30 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |