Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some features included in the Once-Over design were remarkably advanced for a tractor manufactured before 1920 . |
| 2 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 3 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 4 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 5 | She and Boldwood were obviously going for a ride together . |
| 6 | These courses could not be done in a shorter time so they were normally arranged for a time of year when there was less pressure of work on those participating . |
| 7 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 8 | They were not opting for a particularly expensive scheme . |
| 9 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 10 | I am sure their bodies were not designed for a two- or three-week period out of the fifty-two weeks in a year , however important that period may be . |
| 11 | Plans drawn up by Mr. Gilbert Bullimore were soon unveiled for a new Science Block , to be built by the side of the tennis courts . |
| 12 | The intervention was modest and trading was thin because US markets were largely closed for a holiday . |
| 13 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 14 | But er if they were just working for a single day , it was long day up till ten o'clock at night in a harvest you know . |
| 15 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 16 | you know , cos we were all single I think all of us were and we were just going for a joke cos seriously it 's just a cattle market at you know you do n't talk to people well you do but it 's just a laugh . |
| 17 | Clapton was also an isolated spot where the traps were usually left for a couple of days before being checked . |
| 18 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 19 | TEN City executives and a solicitor were yesterday bailed for a total of £1.1million after appearing at Guildhall magistrates court on charges of conspiracy to defraud in the Blue Arrow rights issue . |
| 20 | Chief Supt David Foster said there was no indication of a sexual attack and police were still searching for a murder weapon . |
| 21 | Erm , but at the moment were still looking for a driver . |
| 22 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 23 | ( 3 ) Oesophageal sensitivity to acid was preserved in patients with impaired peristalsis and oesophagitis. ( 4 ) Reflux symptoms lasted longer in patients with prolonged oesophageal acid exposure but were still reported for a small fraction of the total acid exposure time . |
| 24 | When in 1939 a repetition of the conditions encountered during the First World War once more led the government to intervene in agriculture then the conditions were also created for a renewed round of trade union growth . |
| 25 | Material did come to me at EMI Publishing from EMI Records , and if we were interested in an act who were also looking for a record deal , we would pass the information through to EMI Records . |
| 26 | At the same time as the Convent negotiations were taking place , the Governors were also advertising for a new headmaster , for Mr. Scott had decided to retire at the end of the Easter Term in 1979 . |
| 27 | The opposition were loyally supporting the Government , but were also pressing for a definitive statement . |
| 28 | Members of Convocation Standing Committee were invited to take part in the procession , and were later joined for a marquee lunch by Convocation representatives on Court . |
| 29 | Rescripts were often penned for a case , and not for the world at large . |
| 30 | So we were really looking for a home for the turbine ( which needed a thirty-foot head of water ) , as well as for ourselves . |