Example sentences of "that she [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So I do believe in me soul that she 's working for me . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 10 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 13 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 14 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 15 | He told me before she came that she was asking for somewhere secret to stay for a short time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If she was not careful all that she was working for , all that she had planned and schemed for , would be lost forever . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 20 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 21 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |
| 22 | She said that she was waiting for some of her belongings to be sent on , but she 'd supply all her tax and National Insurance details as soon as they came . |
| 23 | It dawned on Folly that she was waiting for a tip and , gathering what she could of her wits , she struggled out of bed to delve in her handbag . |
| 24 | I have in fact si since seeing this sent her a copy of the paper I put to this meeting , erm , having seen that , because I did n't know that she was waiting for it to the commentary with . |
| 25 | Bitter wife Mary , 44 , revealed last night that she was suing for divorce on the grounds of his adultery with ‘ Wildcat ’ TV girl Jacqueline Marson . |