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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |