Example sentences of "she be [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She were knocking for this thing you know . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | ‘ She 's volunteered for nursing duties . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect she 's looking for another husband , ’ she said . |
| 5 | She 's hoping for better things this time round . |
| 6 | Mrs Armitage says she 's fighting for other families too . |
| 7 | She 's settled for some biscuits and cheese and a yoghurt and a glass of orange juice . ’ |
| 8 | And now she 's seen Prince Harry safely off to boarding school , she 's asking for more . |
| 9 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 10 | She 's crying for many |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She is saving for another trip , probably in an informal group of friends . |
| 14 | Her international trade negotiations are already hindered by Norway 's attitude to whaling and sealing , and she is blamed for poor results . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She is milked for 10 months of the year and pregnant for nine months . |
| 17 | It tasted of candied peel and nuts , and she was reaching for another one when she saw that Lucenzo 's head had lifted at the sound of a child 's piping tones . |
| 18 | She was treated for 1 month with valproate 2 g daily ( 40 mg/kg ) , then nausea , vomiting , and abdominal pain occurred . |
| 19 | Joanna was kept in hospital for 10 weeks , during which time she was tested for all kinds of illnesses . |
| 20 | She felt she was speaking for millions of would-be mothers in rejecting a child because it was mentally handicapped ; regrettably , she was . |
| 21 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 22 | She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits . |
| 23 | It was enough that the girl had made the shoes which she was wearing for this special occasion , she certainly had no place in this night of Emily 's triumph . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She was smoking for twenty-five years . |
| 26 | Now she was leaving for good . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She was elected for Labour , but is now voting with the Tory majority . |
| 29 | It was more peaceful now she was gone for good , but miserable . |
| 30 | The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 ( see pa 90 of this issue ) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth , where she was based for some days for familiarisation trials . |