Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these were some of the more welcome changes following the end of the Second World War , which were transforming life for people living in the countryside . |
| 2 | ‘ They were producing plans for expansion , Ed said . |
| 3 | Schwabe arranged for him to work for the Clyde engineering and shipbuilding firm of J. & G. Thomson , who were building ships for Bibby . |
| 4 | Just 20 years ago , half of us were eating bacon for breakfast before starting work in the morning . |
| 5 | In half-a-dozen cases during 1989 , the court made it much harder for blacks , Hispanics and women who were seeking compensation for job discrimination . |
| 6 | They were rehearsing carols for Christmas Eve when they 'd move singing from ward to darkened ward and make the children 's eyes shine with awe , and the old people 's with tears . |
| 7 | Oh were getting John for lunch on Sunday . |
| 8 | This will act as a yardstick by which industry and local authorities could check they were getting value for money , he said . |
| 9 | And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff . |
| 10 | Members of suitable quality were needed , but members must feel that they were getting value for money . |
| 11 | We were expected to put our hands in our pockets and shell out regardless of whether or not we were getting value for money . |
| 12 | Secondly , although a number of regions were providing courses for trainees which had had initially beneficial effects , there was a general shortage of such courses and also of the skilled resources necessary for the development of well-founded schemes . |
| 13 | ‘ But luckily , we found out that the council were giving grants for home improvements to old properties . ’ |
| 14 | If you were giving outline for building , it would be different . |
| 15 | Delays for defendants in trials on indictment were giving cause for concern in 1975 , when the James Committee reported , but at that stage over 70 per cent . |
| 16 | States used them to discover whether schools were giving value for money . |
| 17 | Since , when he became Minister of Internal Affairs in the 1860s , Valuev was not to be noted for liberalism , it appeared that the new reign and the effects of the war were creating enthusiasm for change in places where it tended , under normal circumstances , to be rare . |
| 18 | This partial regularisation of the Beguine life-style in enclosed groups with restricted movement and in association with orthodox religious communities , was the condition of their recognition by the Church , and important as a safeguard from the suspicion that their free and irregular communities and enthusiastic piety were breeding grounds for heresy . |
| 19 | Worse still , the camps were breeding grounds for fever , and Battle in 1809 suffered severely from a typhoid outbreak which began in its barracks . |
| 20 | COPIES of the Daily Mirror were changing hands for £1 or more yesterday — and one desperate punter offered £5 to get his hands on one . |
| 21 | Astrologers ( not including medium Jeanne Dixon ) were predicting re-election for President John F Kennedy right up to the time of his assassination . |
| 22 | Sycorax was lying in the common pit , alongside the cadavers of islanders who had also been caught in the fighting , and were awaiting return for burial under the terms of the peace . |
| 23 | The dining room was empty apart from a couple of staff members who were laying tables for breakfast . |
| 24 | By introducing a per capita tax , it was the government 's aim to draw every adult 's attention to exactly how much their local services were costing and to encourage them to assess whether they were receiving value for money . |
| 25 | He and colleague Chris Duddy were shooting scenes for Sharon Stone 's new film Sliver when their helicopter crashed inside Kilauea on Hawaii . |
| 26 | They said the appointment would be premature because they were contemplating proceedings for rectification of the lease and the expert could not determine the rent until after those proceedings : and there were also arguments about the interpretation of notice periods relating to the rent review . |
| 27 | At the express wish of Queen Mary herself , Florence , like thousands of women throughout the Empire , was knitting socks for soldiers at the front . |
| 28 | The firm 's main work was producing components for aircraft but my job was to investigate new product areas for the company . |
| 29 | The exceptionally rich soil here was producing carrots for London by the end of the century when , perhaps , the trade was already long-established . |
| 30 | The carpet sucked the soles of our shoes as we followed him through a drunken , grasping audience towards a small dressing room to the left of the stage , upon which Tanya was enjoying bananas for dessert . |