Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tables were filling up for afternoon tea . |
| 2 | Mr and Mrs Clare were waiting anxiously for Angel 's return . |
| 3 | We were slowing down for lunch and lack of fitness , and after traversing 200 feet of horizontal ridge and tricky gendarmes , we found a terrace in the sun below the final flawless tower and sucked on soggy oranges . |
| 4 | The three year contracts that Lyall and McGiven signed in the summer of 1990 were coming up for expiry so the Town board have been working to keep their highly successful pair with the club to put a stop to speculation and rumours that were beginning to start . |
| 5 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 6 | The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said : |
| 7 | And you were jumping around for joy and saying |
| 8 | ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim . |