Example sentences of "were [adv] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tried to reassure him that this was n't the case , that newspeople were merely going for the stories with the biggest hook . |
| 2 | He also alleged that the KGB had recruited hundreds of British traitors who were only waiting for the signal from Moscow to begin destroying Britain 's communication system and military establishments around the country . |
| 3 | It said a lot for the captain himself that his team remained confident in themselves even when results were not going for the Scots . |
| 4 | He said that if the Tories had policies that were not working for the Scottish economy then the silence of the SNP since last year 's general election told the real story of what independence for Scotland would really mean . |
| 5 | Russia took 75 per cent ; Moldova and Ukraine would finance in full the troops on their territories and participate in financing joint forces through absolute contributions ; Tajikistan , Kirgizstan and Turkmenistan were not paying for the upkeep of troops on their territory . |
| 6 | I mean I suppose if we were just going for the day it would be alright . |
| 7 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 8 | Congressional threats to resist the dissolution of the Congress , however , were not expected to materialize and the major parties were already preparing for the election campaign . |
| 9 | The second will consider the work being done to mobilize the concern and commitment of individuals working in all aspects of health care to ensure that they were genuinely working for the health of the people . |
| 10 | So we were forever heading for the rocky interior of continents , to regions of crags and barrenness . |
| 11 | But analysts warned that troubles were still brewing for the trade position as the UK maintains its deficit despite the longest recession since 1945 . |
| 12 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 13 | They were still waiting for the entertainment . |
| 14 | Indeed when I arrived many of the ‘ former ’ secretaries were still working for the company . |
| 15 | A spokesman told The Northern Echo yesterday some local education authority staff were also working for the Dyslexia Institute and there was no indication the needs of dyslexic youngsters were not being met . |
| 16 | British politics in the 1930s were often disillusioning for the labour movement , starting with the defection of the Labour Party 's leadership and the Party 's electoral eclipse , and ending with the Second World War , which destroyed the party 's hope of peace through disarmament and the League of Nations . |
| 17 | The rest of the time , he 'd stay with one of his friends when they were out campaigning for the animals . ’ |
| 18 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 19 | ‘ That 's a very touching story , but it 'll take a little more than that to convince me that you were n't heading for the exit . ’ |
| 20 | We were virtually aiming for the impossible : to launch the revamped Friends of John McCarthy complete with campaign logo , notepaper and T-shirts , by our target date of 17 February , in four weeks ' time . |
| 21 | At the end of the last century when Impressionism was still a dirty word in England , and anyone who bought a Monet was considered as being more than half-way on the road to Bedlam , the Americans were taking to him with something of the enthusiasm which they were then displaying for the newly discovered chewing-gum . |
| 22 | In the Labour League of Youth leading members were actively negotiating for the formal amalgamation of the Young Communist League . |
| 23 | The early years of the century witnessed widespread invasion scares , and extra-parliamentary pressure groups were actively campaigning for the introduction of compulsory military service which had never existed in Britain . |
| 24 | Although Israel had to obey the laws in blind trust ( when they chose to do so at all ) , we can see how those laws were actually working for the nation 's health and wellbeing . |
| 25 | There you 'll be interviewed just as if you were actually going for the job . |