Example sentences of "[verb] she [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know about it , I did n't even know she was looking for one then . |
| 2 | She found she was bursting for a pee , but was determined not to repeat Estelle 's performance . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect she 's looking for another husband , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Has she been bleeding for a two week period ? |
| 5 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |
| 6 | Mrs Armitage says she 's fighting for other families too . |
| 7 | But immigration officials said no , believing she was coming for paid work . |
| 8 | I do n't think she 's asking for you because they 'll say Mr , |
| 9 | Did he think she was lying for some reason ? |
| 10 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 11 | He could see she was preparing for a party . |
| 12 | Lady Eleanor replied she was going for a walk behind the church . ’ |
| 13 | My wife , Joyce also came close and peered , but in her case I believe she was looking for a miracle . |
| 14 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 15 | This confused Benny at first , until she realized that they must have been going deeper into the complex , while Froebe would have assumed she was making for the outside . |
| 16 | She felt she was speaking for millions of would-be mothers in rejecting a child because it was mentally handicapped ; regrettably , she was . |
| 17 | How could she admit she was hoping for the opportunity to have an amicable discussion which would result in his agreement to visit his stepmother ? |
| 18 | Rain thought she was trying for a dramatic effect , but she was a poor actress and the result was that she looked petulant . |
| 19 | She might find another clue , even if it was n't the bloodstained dagger Bridget thought she was hoping for . |
| 20 | If he thought she was falling for that … |
| 21 | ‘ I bet she 's heading for the bar — if it 's open yet . ’ |
| 22 | It 's like Tracey said with you 're I mean she did her gold star she was waiting for the letter to come through , Tracey . |
| 23 | ‘ No ; she 's not married yet ; I think she 's waiting for you . ’ |
| 24 | I said she I think she 's heading for a nervous breakdown . |
| 25 | Mind you , I mean , we got no whisky anyway so I said she 's looking for somebody who erm drinks at erm a spot of whisky . |
| 26 | She made her get into bed and said she was sending for the blue ladies right away . |
| 27 | She concentrated on the one with the trousers and said she was looking for George . |
| 28 | What had she been watching for ? |
| 29 | Get some movement out there we had a young , a young lady who er she name and she 's up front in the cabinet you know every opportunity she had she was looking for round the room , but not sort of in the round the outside all the time and it 's just that she wanted to be with a group of people all the time . |
| 30 | ‘ She used to say she was coming for a day and stay a week , ’ Rosemary said . |