Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , I suddenly felt that I could n't bear it , not knowing where they were going to be for the next three and a half weeks ( though in retrospect I doubt whether the location of the groom much perturbed me ) . |
| 2 | Just as the word ‘ scientist ’ was being coined in the 1830s to express a new feeling of community , specialized societies and journals were coming into being for astronomers , entomologists , chemists and other groups . |
| 3 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 4 | If she was going to decline Mr O'Hara 's proposal , it was going to be for that very reason . |
| 5 | She was told that the charge was going to be for four days and Ganley was going to save the business . |