Example sentences of "she was [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 2 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | She made her get into bed and said she was sending for the blue ladies right away . |
| 5 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
| 8 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 9 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was captured for the second time and remains disappeared . |
| 13 | It was n't only the bride , but the bride 's family she was to meet for the first time . |