Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last I heard she was living with her for . |
| 2 | I felt he was vying with me for proprietary rights over Jean-Claude . |
| 3 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 4 | He was looking at her for help — he was pleading , through his fury , for the assistance of his sister … it was just that , in his youth , he could not control the emotion in his face , and she quivered with the imagined rage , only now recognizing the desperation in his eyes . |
| 5 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 6 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |
| 7 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 8 | I wondered if she was talking to me for a minute . |