Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 2 | She was reaching for the glasses already . |
| 3 | And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is . |
| 4 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 5 | She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation . |
| 6 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 7 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | She made her get into bed and said she was sending for the blue ladies right away . |
| 10 | How could she admit she was hoping for the opportunity to have an amicable discussion which would result in his agreement to visit his stepmother ? |
| 11 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 12 | She was training for the Paralympics . |
| 13 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 14 | They fell silent for a moment , all of them wondering if she was shopping for the son who was lying in a dissecting trench at the Medico-Legal Institute . |
| 15 | Her family had never doubted she was heading for the top job . |
| 16 | Grabbing a robe and a towel , she was heading for the shower when someone tapped quietly at the cabin door . |
| 17 | She was heading for the supermercado when a flaxen-haired man with a teak-dark tan waved vigorously from beyond a group of onlookers on the opposite side of the square . |
| 18 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 19 | It was a young female golden eagle , and she was going for the carrion he had left . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was another uneasy week , and by Friday afternoon she was longing for the end of the shift so she could go home and wallow in misery . |
| 22 | She was feeling for the lumps of coal in her fuel store , to bring them in to light the fire in snowy weather . |
| 23 | By the time he reached the gallery his mother was at the far end of the broad corridor , but she was n't going into her room or into his room , she was making for the attic stairs , and now it was his turn to raise his eyebrows . |
| 24 | She was making for the telephone box outside the Broken Dolls Hospital when she heard the puttering of a motorcycle engine as it reduced speed in the gutter behind her . |
| 25 | This confused Benny at first , until she realized that they must have been going deeper into the complex , while Froebe would have assumed she was making for the outside . |
| 26 | There was no time to get you because she was making for the gate . ’ |
| 27 | Well , at about half-seven he 'd gone into a restaurant in St Giles ‘ , Browns ; had a nice steak , with a bottle of red wine ; left at about half-nine — and was strolling down to The Randolph when he 'd met Mrs Sheila Williams , just outside the Taylorian , as she was making for the taxi-rank . |
| 28 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |
| 29 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 30 | She was waiting for the tide to turn . |