Example sentences of "she [vb -s] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 2 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 3 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 4 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 5 | But at least she has been prepared for her party to stand in elections here . |
| 6 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 7 | She has been nominated for her bounty packs campaign — the samples of baby food , drinks , nappies and creams given free to new mothers . |
| 8 | Although she always wanted to be a writer , the theatre has claimed a lot of her energy ( she has been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony award ) . |
| 9 | Ruth 's Medau training comes to the fore when she plans her class , and she has been commended for her ‘ whole-body ’ movement . |
| 10 | The kennel maid remarked , ‘ There 's something queer about that animal , she has been waiting for you since early this morning . |
| 11 | She has been walking for an hour a day for more than a year , but very slowly . |
| 12 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
| 13 | Moya , a seemingly relaxed woman in her forties , described her attacks , which she has been having for 20 years , as ‘ an enormous blackness and fear , like being held under water ’ . |
| 14 | She has been sidestepped for the chief slot on News At Ten , been desperately ill and has now been chopped from her Focus On Britain spot . |
| 15 | In the 19 years she has been working for Durham County Council 's social services the number of rehabilitation officers for the visually impaired has dropped to one . |
| 16 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
| 17 | Hopefully , by the time read this , Silver Salmon will be well on the way towards completion of the major engine overhaul she has been longing for ever since our return from Denmark . |
| 18 | Here when a worker suffers mental of physical problems as a result off stress at work , the first thing he or she does is reach for his lawyer . |
| 19 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 20 | There is a well known Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz in which a girl is sitting at her school desk querying the C-grade she 's been given for her ‘ sculpture ’ made from a coat-hanger . |
| 21 | Instead , she 's been saved for the moment by an old-fashioned storyteller , worth millions — George Lucas of Star Wars . |
| 22 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 23 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 24 | ‘ She 's been calling for you , ’ Sister Duggan told him . |
| 25 | There 's nothing new in that — she 's been trying for years . |
| 26 | Since she left school she 's been working for the Fish Co-operative in Stockholm Backs , not far from Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 27 | " Did n't Jenny tell you she 's been working for me ? " |
| 28 | Today Cynthia Coles got the news she 's been waiting for . |
| 29 | She 's been admitted for a D and C. ’ |
| 30 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |