Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The members of Gothic Voices ( on this occasion five , of whom two were singing with the group for the first time ) sing these melodies — often complex and wide-ranging — as if they really love them ; sensitive to the ebb and flow of the text , they nurture unexpected melodic twists , always allowing the structure to unfold and mould . |
| 2 | While thousands of miles away her countrymen were revelling in the celebrations for Australia 's 200th anniversary , she enjoyed the historic sights of a country with a slightly richer heritage . |
| 3 | Once I did this without looking where I was going and went straight into the backs of nine armourers who were ambling towards the Mess for supper , and had to be disentangled from my machine , picked up and dusted off , which they did with all the gleeful enthusiasm which Thursby reserved for drawing his heavy black frontal lines on our neatly drawn charts . |
| 4 | They all felt restless and unsettled , and met other young men who were walking round the town for the same reason . |
| 5 | The pair were meeting in the final for the fifth time in six years with honours even up to yesterday . |
| 6 | Two well-dressed women were looking at the greenhouses for sale at a garden centre recently . |
| 7 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 8 | Scottish Members of Parliament who were serving on the Committee for the Enterprise and New Towns ( Scotland ) Bill regarding the central provision of core functions in Scottish Enterprise ; |
| 9 | They were work , and the students , who were paying through the nose for them , were grim , resentful and bloody-minded . |
| 10 | The whole affair came to an abrupt conclusion in August , when two members of the House Committee reported that on their way out of a board meeting , they came across a group of about fifteen women who were waiting outside the laundry for their pay , which had been due the previous day . |
| 11 | His other neighbour 's child-bride kissed her boy hero each morning , in her floating web dressing gown , as if he were going to the Falklands for three months . |
| 12 | Barzani stated that negotiations were continuing with the government for Kurdish autonomy . |
| 13 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 14 | At the Manor ground fans were queuing throughout the day for their big-match tickets . |
| 15 | Anna 's went out while it was resting in the ashtray for a moment . |
| 16 | Anyway coach Olsen actually before this game mentioned that some players was knocking on the door for a place — Fjortoft and Sorloth has kind of been out of form recently . |
| 17 | He was writing in the Origin for readers most of whom were steeped in Victorian optimism , religion and the romantic movement . |
| 18 | When I was looking through the catalogues for what to buy I was very impressed with some of the newer books . |
| 19 | Della was happy because she was looking round the shops for Jim 's present . |
| 20 | A man was searching in the filth for cigarette ends . |
| 21 | He was peering over the crowd for Sandy every day . |
| 22 | I placed my pipes and rucksack on the back seat of the jeep and informed the driver that I was going into the orchard for a last look round . |
| 23 | I thought he was going for the interview for the job |
| 24 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 25 | Oh you was going to the fridge for that was you ? |
| 26 | I went to Southport and was waiting at the hotel for Lee when I saw him roll up . |
| 27 | A paramedic crew from Mersey Regional Ambulance was waiting on the beach for Mr Ross and they took him to Southport and Formby District and General Hospital but he died shortly afterwards . |
| 28 | What he said was he was waiting for the government for better |
| 29 | At midday Angel went to a public house and brought food and wine back to where Tess was waiting in the woods for him . |
| 30 | On June 23 , amid accusations of government complicity in violence against its supporters , the African National Congress ( ANC ) announced that it was withdrawing from the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ( CODESA ) , the main forum for constitutional negotiations . |