Example sentences of "[conj] she [is] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosamund Cresswell attends Farnborough Hill Convent College where she is studying for the GCSE examinations and in September she moves to the Sixth Form at Wellington College . |
| 2 | Scouting takes up much of Sarah 's spare time but she still squeezes in regular visits to Huddersfield Technical College where she is studying for two ‘ A ’ levels — geography and business studies . |
| 3 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 4 | The growth of mail-order suppliers ( particularly for central heating ) and of do-it-yourself ‘ superstores ’ has made buying a less daunting task — no longer need the amateur feel embarrassed about not knowing exactly what he or she is looking for . |
| 5 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 6 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 7 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 8 | When we got down to the final paragraph , Ms Green says that all this extra work will mean that more staff will be needed , and that she 's asking for money . |
| 9 | So I do believe in me soul that she 's working for me . |
| 10 | This is one hell of an angry Duchess and she 's looking for trouble . |
| 11 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 12 | Julie says she was never told about the risk of toxoplasmosis … and she 's calling for all pregnant women to be screened for the infection : |
| 13 | I 'm late , and she 's waiting for me . |
| 14 | The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you . ’ |
| 15 | She 's give us twenty tapes and I 'm only tape five and she 's coming for 'em tomorrow . |
| 16 | And she is preparing for her own one-woman show next year . |
| 17 | faxed across to Stansted cos she 's waiting for it |
| 18 | Mm , yeah , sounds like she 's looking for a paid holiday . |
| 19 | Marie looks at me like she 's waiting for me to say something . |
| 20 | I try giving her Coke all the time because she looks like she 's begging for my Coke . |
| 21 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 22 | If she 's crying for some other reason like because we 've been quarrelling and she wants to make up but does n't know how to I just put my arms round her and cuddle her and let her cry it out . |
| 23 | Because she 's heading for trouble . |
| 24 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 25 | ‘ I fear my cousin will never relinquish her claim , since she is fighting for a position that she considers to be her son 's heritage as well as her own . ’ |
| 26 | Although astrology takes up most of her time — when she is filming for breakfast television she is picked up at 5am — she likes cooking and reading . |