Example sentences of "she be [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , do you know what she 's doing for the Body Shop now ? |
| 2 | She 'll understand your anger and stop what she 's doing for the time being , but that wo n't stop her doing it again when you ca n't see . |
| 3 | ‘ I bet she 's heading for the bar — if it 's open yet . ’ |
| 4 | Ashcroft , one of the brightest young middle distance runners in Britain , had the injection in case she is selected for the World Junior Championships in Seoul in September . |
| 5 | Louise uses both names for business purposes , Torsney when she is working for the Hygiene Training Consultancy specialising in tailor-made courses for schools , social services and private hospitals ; and Pollard in her role as hygiene consultant for B & W Hygiene , which is a manufacturer and supplier to the industry . |
| 6 | She is waiting for the clock downstairs to strike twelve . |
| 7 | Rosamund Cresswell attends Farnborough Hill Convent College where she is studying for the GCSE examinations and in September she moves to the Sixth Form at Wellington College . |
| 8 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 9 | She was reaching for the glasses already . |
| 10 | And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is . |
| 11 | She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation . |
| 12 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 13 | She was accepted for the Winter Gardens show , immediately struck up a great friendship with Edith Whalley and they became inseparable . |
| 14 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 15 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 16 | Should she join the group of young vets who had qualified with her two years ago or should she go straight back to her godmother 's house , where she was staying for the duration of this annual veterinary congress ? |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | He then asked if she was prepared for the parting and she told him , ‘ Willingly , John , in such a cause as this . ’ |
| 19 | She was prepared for the move when it came and followed Claudia Hamilton and the other ladies upstairs . |
| 20 | She was training for the Paralympics . |
| 21 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 22 | They fell silent for a moment , all of them wondering if she was shopping for the son who was lying in a dissecting trench at the Medico-Legal Institute . |
| 23 | She was shortlisted for the RNA award , which should have been her step up , but with no paperback until August there is little chance of any extra mileage . |
| 24 | Grabbing a robe and a towel , she was heading for the shower when someone tapped quietly at the cabin door . |
| 25 | She was heading for the supermercado when a flaxen-haired man with a teak-dark tan waved vigorously from beyond a group of onlookers on the opposite side of the square . |
| 26 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 27 | It was a young female golden eagle , and she was going for the carrion he had left . |
| 28 | It was another uneasy week , and by Friday afternoon she was longing for the end of the shift so she could go home and wallow in misery . |
| 29 | By the way her mother fiddled with the handle of her wicker basket Constance could tell that she was longing for the bus to come and take her to Chollerton where her beauty and style might stand some chance of being noticed . |
| 30 | She was feeling for the lumps of coal in her fuel store , to bring them in to light the fire in snowy weather . |