Example sentences of "was [v-ing] for an " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her second child was born during her time at Somerville while she was studying for an M. Phil in Social Anthropology , and she describes ‘ the time when Mrs Indira Gandhi was awarded the Hon. |
| 32 | AFTER reading the articles on dyslexic children it brought back this time last year when my son Steven , who is dyslexic , was trying for an engineering apprenticeship . |
| 33 | In fact he was commenting upon and sometimes parodying a form of love lyric which was already familiar and was composing for an audience which was sufficiently sophisticated to appreciate this approach . |
| 34 | He was working for an engineering firm and met Herbert in the course of business . |