Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought I was lashing about for excuses . |
| 2 | The survey , which covered 93 of the UK 's top 500 companies and 21 financial services groups , was carried out for accountants Ernst & Young last month because of concern about level of understanding among business leaders of the issues involved in ERM membership . |
| 3 | The survey was carried out for Personnel Today magazine and its editor , Adele Kimber , says holidays are a good thing . |
| 4 | Many of the earlier ones came to grief , especially workers ' co-ops , where money was handed out for projects such as a vegetarian quiche restaurant in Deptford . |
| 5 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 6 | And the piss was going on for ages . |
| 7 | As a matter of fact a fre fellow named lived in here and he was a traveller to er George he 's one of the best , biggest rim lockmakers in the town , anyway , they 're on this erm now and er he was going round for orders for regulars of his , for his firm and somebody , one day , asked him look here , we 've got a little awkward job here , you know anybody the can you do it ? |
| 8 | And she was going in for eggs or something , said well I usually leave them a day or two in the winter cos it does n't hurt and she said she struggled and struggled with that door ! |
| 9 | The first reactor was closed down for repairs earlier this year after a gas leak . |
| 10 | Robin Corbett , who was speaking up for animals from the opposition front bench in the fox-hunting debate , had a bitter experience of his own concerning the animal-lovers ' vote . |
| 11 | The normal business life of the town continued right up to the last moment and in some houses food was laid out for meals that were never eaten . |
| 12 | Kathleen injected the painkiller , and then he was wheeled off for X-rays . |
| 13 | Their job was to watch out for cases of smallpox and cholera . |
| 14 | Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute . |
| 15 | There were a lot of French-Canadian soldiers stationed in the area , together with British and Americans , and a weekly film show was put on for all-comers in the Methodist chapel on Saturday nights . |
| 16 | The water leak was discovered in Kozloduy 's sixth reactor after it was shut down for repairs and modifications [ see ED 56 ] . |
| 17 | ULSTER school chiefs today revealed an action plan following the dismissal of a senior official over claims that £170,000 was paid out for goods never received . |