Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the express wish of Queen Mary herself , Florence , like thousands of women throughout the Empire , was knitting socks for soldiers at the front . |
| 2 | The firm 's main work was producing components for aircraft but my job was to investigate new product areas for the company . |
| 3 | The exceptionally rich soil here was producing carrots for London by the end of the century when , perhaps , the trade was already long-established . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was opening day for Anpetuwi and tonight the lounge was packed . |
| 6 | Before he went to school , he was opening doors for ladies and addressing all the adult men around him — from the footman to Prince Philip — as ‘ sir ’ . |
| 7 | Rain was falling in London , where Sir David Attenborough was launching Water for Wildlife , a two-year campaign by the society . |
| 8 | On his last visit to Swindon , he was keeping goal for Oxford United , though his happiest memories are of playing for Hereford . |
| 9 | Miss Jarman demanded of the tall bony female who was returning glare for glare without any sign of backing down . |
| 10 | BBA , the automotive parts to aircraft interiors group , yesterday announced it was tapping shareholders for £126 million to pay for expansion in continental Europe . |
| 11 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( CI No 2,117 ) : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 12 | Siemens AG is disputing a politically-sensitive article carried in The Wall Street Journal Europe on February 16 , which claims that , for the first time , a top Siemens manager , Heinrich von Pierer , said he was looking for a strategic partner for ailing Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG : Pierer allegedly stated that he was not interested in a ‘ one-sided partnership ’ , rather in one that involved ‘ real co-operation ’ ; according to Computerwoche , Siemens denied any claim that it was seeking shelter for Siemens Nixdorf under the umbrella of Japanese or US competitors , ‘ like the other three European computer firms ’ ; the Journal 's London office says the paper is sticking by its story . |
| 13 | She was meeting friends for dinner that evening , but she might be able to snatch an hour later that night . |
| 14 | I was meeting Jenny for lunch . |
| 15 | The fact that the visit took place on the anniversary of Edmund 's death , together with the peacock cloak , suggests that Cnut was expressing concern for Edmund 's salvation . |
| 16 | The attacker , who was serving life for rape , was immediately transferred to another jail . |
| 17 | And she was ordering stuff for Nana , you know , fruits , sweets , crisps all sorts of things , upstairs and downstairs and chocolates in , you know , she 'd just go up the shops and buy them . |
| 18 | As late as November 1927 he was revising poems for inclusion in Winter Words , the book with which he intended to mark his 90th birthday , but on 11 December , as Professor Millgate writes , ‘ he found himself , for the first time in his life , quite unable to work ’ . |
| 19 | Hollywood 's Golden Boy was by 1968 an alcoholic who , like many another hellraiser , was sacrificing professionalism for booze . |
| 20 | It 's a , it 's a training , it was training school for midwives . |
| 21 | While Ho was incarcerated , Vo Nguyen Giap was training guerrillas for action against the French . |
| 22 | The way I look at it is that if I was scoring goals for Juventus we might be conceding more at the other end because I have other responsibilities now . ’ |
| 23 | THE former prime minister of Pakistan , Mohammad Khan Junejo , has died of a heart attack in Baltimore in the United States , where he was undergoing treatment for leukaemia . |
| 24 | They demanded that the Shah , who had fled from Iran and who was undergoing treatment for cancer in the USA , should be sent back for trial before the hostages were set free . |
| 25 | Lee Kuan Yew 's son Lee Hsien Loong took over Goh 's post as PAP first assistant secretary-general and remained a Deputy Prime Minister ; however , he had given up the Trade and Industry portfolio in mid-November after announcing that he was undergoing treatment for cancer . |
| 26 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 27 | He was quite happy for Willi to sit through some of Therese 's practice sessions , for Willi 's overwhelming admiration for Therese 's voice — and Willi , in spite of his romantic overview , did understand about voice — was doing wonders for Therese 's confidence . |
| 28 | Although I was doing Shakespeare for A-level I had never seen any of his plays performed on stage . |
| 29 | He was doing time for debt , as I recall . |
| 30 | He abused his inheritance , behaved extravagantly , and nearly got his comeuppance from the weasels — a violent proletariat who squatted in his house while he was doing time for car theft . |