Example sentences of "she [be] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's volunteered for nursing duties . |
| 2 | Mrs Armitage says she 's fighting for other families too . |
| 3 | She is looking for critical views against which to pitch her own ; it seems that she may have chosen the wrong sort of topic , since on a holiday in Italy she had been stunned by the newly renovated Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome , and although there were plenty of books about it , many of them went into extravagant detail . |
| 4 | Her international trade negotiations are already hindered by Norway 's attitude to whaling and sealing , and she is blamed for poor results . |
| 5 | Now she was leaving for good . |
| 6 | She was sent for psychiatric treatment in March after a court martial found her guilty of the manslaughter of riding instructress Marika Sparfeld at the military base in August last year . |
| 7 | She was elected for Labour , but is now voting with the Tory majority . |
| 8 | It was more peaceful now she was gone for good , but miserable . |
| 9 | She had a curious feeling that greater good fortune would yet be hers , that she was destined for high places . |
| 10 | She was prepared for mild stomach upsets , sunburn and the occasional blister . |
| 11 | She was prepared for hurt . |
| 12 | Not for the first time , she was going for broke ; she tried to tell herself that nothing much bad could happen , at the worst she could be discovered and thrown out , but somehow the stakes seemed much higher . |
| 13 | But immigration officials said no , believing she was coming for paid work . |