Example sentences of "she was [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 2 | She had announced that she would stay in Paris until October , but by October she was looking for a new place to rent , now deeply involved with Modi and unable to leave . |
| 3 | She grew up associating ‘ love ’ with an emotional roller-coaster , and although she was looking for a long-term partner , Deborah quickly became bored and dissatisfied in a stable relationship . |
| 4 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 5 | She was referred for an urgent orthotopic liver transplant , which was subsequently performed . |
| 6 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 7 | There was the proliferative retinopathy episode a few weeks ago , and when she was hospitalised for the threatened toxaemia we found that her blood glucose was actually better controlled at home now than in hospital … |
| 8 | Rain thought she was trying for a dramatic effect , but she was a poor actress and the result was that she looked petulant . |
| 9 | She made her get into bed and said she was sending for the blue ladies right away . |
| 10 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 11 | Singled out from the dogs ' home Sorrel knew she was destined for a special life . |
| 12 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
| 14 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
| 15 | She was listening for a new noise , the noise she thought she 'd heard on the way out to Chateaubriand : the irregular tapping of the axis lock crystal , jumping in its housing . |
| 16 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 17 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 18 | No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre . |
| 19 | Her mother was a true believer in Christ , and after she was widowed for the second time , she came to live in Kidderminster in 1658 . |
| 20 | In fact , she was asking for no more than American colleges everywhere asked of their alumni , and many Americans had benefited from the Oxford system . |
| 21 | Janice , 26 , was on her way to start work at 8.30 last night when she was attacked for no apparent reason . |
| 22 | She was captured for the second time and remains disappeared . |
| 23 | It was n't only the bride , but the bride 's family she was to meet for the first time . |