Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I just knew it would be a trick question to start the contest and was desperately groping for a trick answer when Swartz said ‘ Silverstone ’ and scored his opening point . |
| 3 | A few months later , I received a letter from Surrey County AA which stated : ‘ … affiliations to BAF do not include a county affiliation , ’ and was consequently asking for a fee . |
| 4 | She had read law as an undergraduate and was now reading for the Bar . |
| 5 | The opposition were loyally supporting the Government , but were also pressing for a definitive statement . |
| 6 | The Labour left , meanwhile , did not manage to mount a convincing enough case for its ‘ alternative strategy ’ ( the far left had no half-way credible strategy to propose ) , while the trade union movement was not united in pushing for any positive quid pro quo in exchange for wage restraint , having rejected the Bullock proposals for Industrial Democracy , but was increasingly tugging for a return to ‘ free collective bargaining ’ . |