Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now , it was raining enough for the covers to go on over at Wimbledon . |
| 2 | Nobody suggested that the Parliament at Westminster did not have the authority to pass such legislation , perhaps out of a feeling that Britain was paying enough for the defence of America to be entitled to impose a unified industrial policy , possibly more out of a feeling that it would be hard to enforce . |
| 3 | Ramsay himself did not know this Ettrick Forest area so well as the main Middle and East Marches ; but from the route the usurper had taken from Moffat , it looked as though he was heading either for the mid-Tweed or Teviot dales — although he could have reached the former more easily by turning off in the Broughton area of Tweedsmuir . |
| 4 | Then , without bothering to wait for her answer , he had swung round again and was heading imperiously for the group of gold-brocade-covered armchairs that stood in the curve of the huge bay window , overlooking the sun-burnished waters of Loch Lomond . |
| 5 | The second trial was going well for the Masons when it , too , was stopped after 11 weeks . |
| 6 | The war was going well for the galactic empire . |
| 7 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 8 | She glared at him , but Luke appeared unconcerned as he turned the car into the car park , stopping next to where her car was waiting forlornly for the garage to collect it . |
| 9 | Meanwhile the other seemed to have finished his duties and was waiting patiently for the movie-person to regain a most equitable composure . |
| 10 | Replacing the phone he stared at it for a moment , then glanced at Bodie , who was waiting apprehensively for the news from the hospital . |
| 11 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 12 | And he saw the ring , his ring , that she was wearing openly for the occasion , beside Anne Mowbray 's wedding-ring on the third finger of her left hand . |
| 13 | The ball was flying straight for the middle bunker . |
| 14 | Harvey was staying there for the weekend . |
| 15 | ‘ We called at the Barclays on the way down , and he was staying there for the week-end . |
| 16 | He vanished again behind the boat-house , and when I saw him again he was aiming fast for the cliff path , with the bag once again slung over his shoulder . |
| 17 | It was while Cecilia was running upstairs for the third time to tell Tina she must get up , she really must or she would be late for school , that she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll . |
| 18 | The boy was making straight for the stone , holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him . |
| 19 | Stuart Barnes , the match captain , said : ‘ This team was playing together for the first time . |