Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought I was lashing about for excuses . |
| 2 | ‘ Quick , Sammy , what about the information he was writing down for Jim ? ’ |
| 3 | Leeson was looking around for inspiration , a topic that did n't rub salt into wounds . |
| 4 | Burton was heading back for base . |
| 5 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 6 | And the piss was going on for ages . |
| 7 | As a matter of fact a fre fellow named lived in here and he was a traveller to er George he 's one of the best , biggest rim lockmakers in the town , anyway , they 're on this erm now and er he was going round for orders for regulars of his , for his firm and somebody , one day , asked him look here , we 've got a little awkward job here , you know anybody the can you do it ? |
| 8 | And she was going in for eggs or something , said well I usually leave them a day or two in the winter cos it does n't hurt and she said she struggled and struggled with that door ! |
| 9 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 10 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 11 | By then it was getting on for lunchtime but , sauntering through the colonnade , she could n't resist first climbing a flight of stairs to take a look at some of the splendid Bohemian glassware on display . |
| 12 | Robin Corbett , who was speaking up for animals from the opposition front bench in the fox-hunting debate , had a bitter experience of his own concerning the animal-lovers ' vote . |
| 13 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 14 | The governors had effectively decided at an emergency meeting on Tuesday night that Mr Birt should stay but question marks still hung over the future of Mr Hussey , especially as the BBC 's General Advisory Council recommended on Wednesday that he should go for effectively bringing the BBC into disrepute at a time when its charter was coming up for renegotiation . |
| 15 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 16 | I wanted her , at my convenience , to become a nurturing Mother Earth figure who would take care of my when I felt unable to cope , and the little girl who had never grown up was crying out for help and approval . |
| 17 | ‘ He was crying out for help but no one was listening , ’ his mother said . |
| 18 | He took drugs , he said , ‘ because my parents had divorced and I was crying out for love . |
| 19 | AFTER 11 rounds of apparently fruitless talks Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten warned that time was running out for Britain and China to agree on Hong Kong 's political future . |
| 20 | He was finding out for Carter . |
| 21 | The deputy Labour leader , Margaret Beckett , told Tony Newton , the leader of the Commons , who was standing in for Mr Major at Question Time : ‘ How would you feel if you were serving in the British Army under fire in Bosnia and were handed a P45 ? ’ |
| 22 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 23 | Sigarup was setting out for home . |
| 24 | As the Russian engineers were arriving in Scotland , Gordon Beattie from Scottish Nuclear 's Contracts and Purchasing department was setting out for Bulgaria for a six month secondment working at the Headquarters of the Bulgarian Energy Committee in Sofia . |