Example sentences of "that [pron] was [v-ing] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 2 | I have in fact si since seeing this sent her a copy of the paper I put to this meeting , erm , having seen that , because I did n't know that she was waiting for it to the commentary with . |
| 3 | The only company to have voiced an interest in ANDF recently , or to have hinted that it was negotiating for it , is Unix System Laboratories ( UX No 380 ) . |
| 4 | He 'd almost forgotten that he was looking for her . |
| 5 | It did n't seem that he was looking for her , since he immediately went up again . |
| 6 | I could see from the onlooking faces that he was coming for me and at what speed , and when I felt the air behind me move and heard the brush of his clothes I went down fast on one knee and whirled and punched upwards hard into the bottom of his advancing rib cage and then shifted my weight into his body and upwards so as to lift him wholesale off the floor , and before he 'd got that sorted out I had one of his wrists in my hand and he ended up on his feet with me behind him , his arm in a nice painful lock and my mouth by his ear . |
| 7 | He told me that he was waiting for me to return . |
| 8 | Cowslip himself was at the other end of the hall and Hazel realized that he was waiting for him to reply . |