Example sentences of "she [be] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 2 | She 's milking it for all it 's worth . |
| 3 | Well they 're three weeks old and she 's selling them for two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 4 | Woman , the top that I 'm gon na buy for Romax and Jason eight ninety nine and she 's selling it for one fifty . |
| 5 | If she 's not polishing the auld bits and pieces , she 's naggin' me for new curtains ! ’ |
| 6 | He looked from one to the other , his bleak glance resting briefly on Sarella 's upturned face , and then he said , ‘ I tell you one thing , Peter ; when you 're down and out and she 's left you for richer pickings do n't come running to me for a hand-out , because it wo n't be forthcoming . |
| 7 | She was saving herself for Elder Seth . |
| 8 | No one would have guessed she was wearing it for any other reason . |
| 9 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 10 | She trusted him , for her own part , without reserve or doubt ; but she was trusting him for those who crossed the river and took the risks . |
| 11 | Once she had managed to enter that cupboard successfully without any fear or panic , she was to telephone me for another appointment . |
| 12 | She was pressing it for dear life now as if she was in a panic , and she kept her finger on it until , through the glass door , she saw the flicker of a candle weaving its way down through the shop . |
| 13 | Her tail burned like a furnace ; and yet she was presenting it for more torment . |
| 14 | How could she feel so physically drawn to him , when intellectually she was detesting him for this arrogant charade ? |