Example sentences of "was [v-ing] a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was knitting a jumper for Nora , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Said Paul McKane : ‘ My wife was cooking a burger for Stuart on the grill . |
| 3 | The similar move by Singapore followed allegations that the country was becoming a centre for trade in endangered species . |
| 4 | Sydney Doran , 25 , was serving a sentence for robbery and theft at the time of the disturbance two years ago . |
| 5 | W.G. Grace was taking part in a match for London County against Warwickshire , opening the batting with W.L. Murdoch and playing in a fashion which reminded contemporary reporters of his heyday , and C.B. Fry was scoring a century for Sussex . |
| 6 | The blazer badge reinforced the ‘ capture of bodies ’ philosophy which had sustained our earlier lives , but was created at the same time that I was compiling a paper for presentation at the national BMA police surgeons ' conference . |
| 7 | I was conducting a search for arms . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Hignet [ the tobacco baron ] was holding a fete for charity . |
| 9 | They 're taking it away so was doing a tape for grandma and granddad and Keith was going , he was going hello grandma and granddad it 's Kenny you know like the three of them and he was going , whoop whoop whoop oh da ! |
| 10 | About three years ago I was running a workshop for students training to be secondary teachers at the Institute of Education in London , something I and colleagues have been doing annually for the last ten years or so . |
| 11 | He telephoned his secretary from Heathrow to say he was boarding a flight for New York . ’ |
| 12 | She spent much time in Geneva , working on behalf of the women 's disarmament committee , which was preparing a petition for disarmament prior to the Geneva disarmament conference of 1932 . |
| 13 | ‘ The icebreaker Otso was clearing a passage for ships through the ice . |
| 14 | Miss Miller was answering a plea for advice by Steve Reese , 28 , who moved to Bristol after his home in Newcastle upon Tyne was repossessed — and then saw his photographic business collapse as interest rates ‘ went daft ’ . |