Example sentences of "they [was/were] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 2 | They were calling for the right to hold free festivals and raves like the week long event at Castlemorton Common at the end of May . |
| 3 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 4 | They are said to have explained that they were looking for the conductor to buy their tickets as Stonehouse station did not sell tickets at that time of night . |
| 5 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 6 | For example , it included costs which ought more properly to have been included in their bill relating to the divorce proceedings , in which they were acting for the father . |
| 7 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
| 8 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
| 9 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 10 | Put at its simplest , they were voting for the countryside . |
| 11 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 12 | They were grieving for the end of one of life 's great love matches . |
| 13 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 14 | During the months they were waiting for the divorce he came to see her nearly every day . |
| 15 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 18 | They were waiting for the kettle to boil when the telephone rang again and Helen picked it up . |
| 19 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 20 | Then they were waiting for the fun to start . |
| 21 | They were plunging for the shelter of the churchyard wall as a typhoon of musket fire swept the defences , kicking dust into a mist around the ankles of the retreating men . |
| 22 | They said first they would never race again , then that they were withdrawing for the season , then that it was unpatriotic of the Austrians to run a grand prix while their hero was near to death . |
| 23 | No one would object if they were paying for the facilities themselves . |
| 24 | Seventy five I think , yeah , seventy five I think they were paying for the . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They were making for the angle between the shore and the base of the headland and as they approached Wycliffe could see tall , black rocks rising out of the sea like the truncated and eroded pillars of some giant temple . |
| 27 | They added that they were working for the government undercover and that they had enough evidence to ‘ make the charge stick ’ . |
| 28 | The first real headhunting firms — in the first phase of headhunting — insisted that they were working for the company , not the candidate , and the company was paying the bill . |
| 29 | Down in Frome they were preparing for the worst ; on 23 February 1798 a meeting of the ‘ inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Frome ’ took place at the George Inn . |
| 30 | Surely they were interceding for the faithful on earth . |