Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happened , people should have been paying in for ten years were suddenly taking out for ten years and these huge enormous sums and obviously the surplus which our members had helped to build up er and provide through the years and we 've got seventy-five year olds on you know , extremely low pensions hardly making ends meet , and there were vast sums of money being given away to the employees , that the employers took a contribution holiday and so they were n't paying into the fund either you know , and all the profits of B T as you all know were soaring and partially because of the use of the pension funds and this has greatly obviously erm upset our members and we feel very strongly about it . |
| 2 | Some people think that having reasons for faith is an insult to God , as if we were desperately grubbing around for make-shift reasons to believe in him . |
| 3 | D Company had spent the previous day digging a line of trenches to cover a series of vehicle checkpoints on all the main roads , and were just settling down for their first day 's occupation of the trenches . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 5 | ‘ We did n't even know it was being taped — we were just warming up for another track by playing the song . |
| 6 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
| 7 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 8 | I chose a situation close to a hedgerow and was soon scouting around for logs or pieces of wood to cover the trench and to give some sort of protection against shrapnel . |
| 9 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 10 | He was just looking round for some quiet corner to put the case when faintly above the noise in the room he heard the doorbell ring . |
| 11 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 12 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 13 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
| 14 | Even if Kirov was still listening out for radio contact , he was unlikely still to be in direct touch with the pilot . |
| 15 | Lucien eyed the sticks , which Azmaveth was still holding out for his inspection , with suspicion . |
| 16 | He came with the party , and halfway through the visit he was still showing off for his fans and being mildly provocative towards all authority . |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 18 | He was also crying out for an efficient office . |
| 19 | The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill . |
| 20 | The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help . |
| 21 | It was then getting on for three in the morning , but in the last quarter of an hour things had been getting better . |
| 22 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |