Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 2 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 5 | 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 . |