Example sentences of "she [be] [v-ing] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 2 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 3 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 4 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 5 | even though she 's getting it for the technology . |
| 6 | No well she had this special thing so it 's done the trick so she has n't worn it yet though , I think she 's doing it for the wedding ai n't she ? |
| 7 | Married but childfree , she 's gearing herself for a sad goodbye to her 20s . |
| 8 | But I mean it 's not just that , she 's killing herself for the job like ! |
| 9 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 10 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 11 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |