Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [v-ing] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morrison , whose girlfriend was travelling out for the Hong Kong tournament , reckoned that he sustained the injury when he turned quickly during Scotland 's opening tie against Australian Capital Territory in Canberra last week . |
| 2 | She glared at him , but Luke appeared unconcerned as he turned the car into the car park , stopping next to where her car was waiting forlornly for the garage to collect it . |
| 3 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |
| 4 | The boy was making straight for the stone , holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him . |
| 5 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 6 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 7 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 8 | The war was going well for the galactic empire . |
| 9 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 10 | ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end . |
| 11 | Stuart Barnes , the match captain , said : ‘ This team was playing together for the first time . |
| 12 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 13 | The rain was holding off for a while and the streets were drying in patches . |
| 14 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 15 | The ball was flying straight for the middle bunker . |
| 16 | Secretly ( because the papers would never report it ) , behind the scenes a huge demand was building up for a ‘ decent ’ paper , one which — dare they say it — would Tell the Truth . |
| 17 | CONCERN was growing today for a 13-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Limerick for six days . |
| 18 | But er this hundred and twenty pound radio was knocking away for a five quid in the end er I er I heard . |
| 19 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 20 | After years of industry — and the country — being almost paralysed by strikes and restrictive practices , the country was crying out for a Government that would give a lead . |
| 21 | Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows . |
| 22 | The second trial was going well for the Masons when it , too , was stopped after 11 weeks . |