Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is reason to think they were also feeling the loss of their carriers that June at the battle of Midway , and were looking for more land bases for aircraft . |
| 2 | For the next hour the fairground gradually filled with people , mainly families with young children or teenagers who had become bored with their tour round the factory and were looking for some excitement . |
| 3 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
| 4 | Police now considered the case a murder inquiry and were appealing for any information that would lead to the killer . |
| 5 | There was also " … a considerable quantity of small ore which was got at the beginning of the work and can not be weighed until stamped or broken by an Engine and washed for which purpose they are going to erect one to go be water with all speed and were disstressed for some sycamore wood for the water wheel . " |
| 6 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 7 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 8 | By 3pm Dez had washed 39 cars , mostly Jaguars , Mercedes , Porsches and even a couple of Rolls Royces , plus a few Ford Escorts and other smaller cars , and was appealing for more cars ! . |
| 9 | The battle was on , and was to continue for another year . |
| 10 | No. 16 was sent there early in 1928 and was gone for some time . |
| 11 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |
| 12 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |