Example sentences of "[vb past] be [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first show we ever did was opening for Living Colour , and we 've just done a mini-tour with Adrian Belew 's band . |
| 2 | Alexei had been listening for other footsteps coming along the bridge . |
| 3 | James Ousley , chief executive officer of the Control Data Systems Inc spin-out , says its former parent , Control Data Corp — now divided into two separate companies ( UX No 387 ) — had been looking for additional capital for a number of years , but was not able to tempt any investors to bankroll an organisation with interests as diverse as proprietary mainframes , Unix , military and government software and services and a lottery business . |
| 4 | The biggest problem and disappointment was that the international rig count continued downwards and that was where we had been hoping for increased sales and increased market share looking into this year and into the last part of last year . |
| 5 | Recently , Moore had been commentating for London-based Capital Radio at football matches , as well as working as a partner in a sports marketing company , preparing for the 1994 World Cup . |
| 6 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
| 7 | The big fish had been making for deep water all afternoon and Trent had n't seen a bird for the past hour . |
| 8 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 9 | In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia . |
| 10 | After all , the National Association of Labour Teachers had been pressing for Common Schools since 1930 . |
| 11 | Coun. Grant said he and Colburn parish council had been pressing for improved pedestrian safety at this point . |
| 12 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |