Example sentences of "when she [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although astrology takes up most of her time — when she is filming for breakfast television she is picked up at 5am — she likes cooking and reading . |
| 2 | ‘ Which she received at twenty to nine , when she was dressing for her wedding ? ’ |
| 3 | Miss Tylee 's courtesy was unfailing — she was a neatly dressed lady who wore a velvet neckband and her ‘ pince-nez ’ or pinchers as we called them were attached to a thin gold necklet , ready to be placed at the end of her nose when she was searching for something required by her customers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A year later , when she was working for her O-levels , she became pregnant . |
| 6 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |