Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 2 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 3 | Precisely who it was she was using for a role model became clear as a middle-aged lady , admirably slim in well-cut jodhpurs , erupted from some inner fortress to enquire , in tones that carried effortlessly across the yard , precisely why Caroline had failed to run up her stirrups , how long had she been riding ? |
| 4 | She was looking for a pensioner but , you were n't in the right street . |
| 5 | My wife , Joyce also came close and peered , but in her case I believe she was looking for a miracle . |
| 6 | So basically she was looking for a job . |
| 7 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 8 | The thieves cut her telephone wires and took the money she was saving for a cooker . |
| 9 | She breezed on by , presumably expecting him to follow ; she was heading for a side-entrance to the house that was reached through an overgrown kitchen garden . |
| 10 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 11 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |
| 12 | She was often offered lifts , but when she said , thank you , but she was going for a walk , a pitying expression spread over the faces of the drivers . |
| 13 | Lady Eleanor replied she was going for a walk behind the church . ’ |
| 14 | She found she was bursting for a pee , but was determined not to repeat Estelle 's performance . |
| 15 | She was longing for a drink — some of her emergency ration of scotch — but she did not see how she could have one herself without also offering one to her visitor , something she had no intention of doing . |
| 16 | He could see she was preparing for a party . |
| 17 | He said , ‘ She was asking for a divorce . ’ |
| 18 | She was making for a hollow at the base of a large tree . |
| 19 | She was dying for a coffee but some streak of perversity made her answer briskly , ‘ Neither , thank you . |
| 20 | She sent them sweets sometimes , and several pairs of red socks she had knitted while she was waiting for a call at the ambulance station , and a photograph of herself in her uniform with a tin hat on . |
| 21 | It dawned on Folly that she was waiting for a tip and , gathering what she could of her wits , she struggled out of bed to delve in her handbag . |
| 22 | She was waiting for a boat , you understand . |
| 23 | ‘ She used to say she was coming for a day and stay a week , ’ Rosemary said . |