Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 2 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 3 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 4 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 5 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 6 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 7 | He glared at her again , as if she were to blame for everything , and Robyn felt herself tremble beneath his icy gaze . |
| 8 | Lee felt as if she were fighting for her life . |
| 9 | She were knocking for this thing you know . |
| 10 | But if she were to look for ever and a day , she would not find it . |
| 11 | Lilac gloves , half-boots made of kid — she looked , as she sat rather apprehensively in the country inn parlour , as if she were waiting for Mr Gainsborough . |
| 12 | Alison Taylor , the former Gwynedd social worker who says she was sacked for speaking out about the abuses in care , told Community Care last week that she was concerned both at the slow progress of the investigations and the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute certain individuals on grounds of insufficient evidence . |
| 13 | A woman I spoke to in Coventry lives with her two children and husband , had worked as a cashier , a canteen assistant , a barmaid and a bingo cashier until she was sacked for organising a union . |
| 14 | A SHOPWORKER who claimed she was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays won a claim for unfair dismissal at a Hull industrial tribunal yesterday . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 17 | Just as she was reaching for her jacket the phone rang , and without thinking she answered it . |
| 18 | She was reaching for her quick release handle as a solid wall of water struck her sideways on , tumbling her into the rigging of the ‘ chute , and pulling the air line from her mouth . |
| 19 | She was reaching for her future . |
| 20 | She was reaching for the glasses already . |
| 21 | And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And then , in an agony of desperate need and passion , she was reaching for him as his body came down upon hers . |
| 24 | There was such a vast variety of decorated bowls and jugs and plates that she was spoilt for choice . |
| 25 | She was treated for 1 month with valproate 2 g daily ( 40 mg/kg ) , then nausea , vomiting , and abdominal pain occurred . |
| 26 | She was treated for a cut on her head but the injury was not serious and she is continuing her holiday in Cyprus . |
| 27 | Firearms experts then entered the house to bring out Leanne Rees , who was taken by ambulance to Darlington Memorial Hospital , where she was treated for shock . |
| 28 | Tracy West , who was knocked down , was picked up by bystanders and taken to a nearby shop , where she was treated for shock before being taken to the Memorial Hospital . |
| 29 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 30 | When I was finally called one wintry Monday by the neighbours , she looked quite dreadful ; her faced was bruised from several falls the previous night , she was struggling for her breath , her legs and thighs were painful and very swollen . |