Example sentences of "[conj] she [be] [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 | Should she join the group of young vets who had qualified with her two years ago or should she go straight back to her godmother 's house , where she was staying for the duration of this annual veterinary congress ? |
| 4 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 5 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So I do believe in me soul that she 's working for me . |
| 13 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
| 14 | She was in pain , but she was taking it out on a complicated Fair Isle jumper that she was knitting for some nephew in Canada . |
| 15 | Balbinder would be 8 at Christmas and she saw no evidence of the improvement in learning to read and write that she was hoping for . |
| 16 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 17 | But she wondered if , even given time and the success that she was hoping for , he might ever come to feel the same way about her . |
| 18 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 19 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 20 | Instead , there were rustlings , faint and unintelligible mutterings suggesting that she was looking for something , more footsteps going downstairs , a sharp sound like the slamming of a door and then complete silence . |
| 21 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 22 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 23 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 24 | He told me before she came that she was asking for somewhere secret to stay for a short time . |
| 25 | The realization that she was working for Hauser was opening new horizons for her , but she 'd not had time to work out how she could exploit the knowledge . |
| 26 | If she was not careful all that she was working for , all that she had planned and schemed for , would be lost forever . |
| 27 | By the way her mother fiddled with the handle of her wicker basket Constance could tell that she was longing for the bus to come and take her to Chollerton where her beauty and style might stand some chance of being noticed . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 29 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 30 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |