Example sentences of "she [verb] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found she was bursting for a pee , but was determined not to repeat Estelle 's performance . |
| 2 | She says we are looking for people who can pull a crowd as well as have a bit of fun . |
| 3 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |
| 4 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted , and because she guessed he was waiting for her to flinch she became determined to show no sign of pain . |
| 5 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 6 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 7 | She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night . |
| 8 | How could she admit she was hoping for the opportunity to have an amicable discussion which would result in his agreement to visit his stepmother ? |
| 9 | She felt she was speaking for millions of would-be mothers in rejecting a child because it was mentally handicapped ; regrettably , she was . |
| 10 | Get some movement out there we had a young , a young lady who er she name and she 's up front in the cabinet you know every opportunity she had she was looking for round the room , but not sort of in the round the outside all the time and it 's just that she wanted to be with a group of people all the time . |
| 11 | Well if Vicky 's in hospital she said they 're going for the day there . |
| 12 | Or did she say he 's going for an interview in June for the Met , or something , anyway . |
| 13 | Did she say she was waiting for someone ? |