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Example sentences of "she [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1	In the meantime she applied for other jobs too , but it was the one with G Vasey Ltd that she wanted .
2	I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes .
3	Even Denise had aged a little , got heavy and puffy in her thirties , from the big cooked dinners she made for hungry Keith .
4	She records for Mute Records , who , as the the sales of Dépeche Mode show , are no slouches in distributing sounds to the masses .
5	‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home .
6	‘ Do you take Azor for a long walk every day , Mr Gajdusek ? ’ she asked for innocent openers .
7	Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice .
8	Each night she spoke to a waiter to order a meal ; each morning she asked for boiled rather than scrambled eggs for breakfast .
9	She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response .
10	This meant she could continue to level her basilisk stare ( the one which she reserves for special enemies ) at selected MPs .
11	Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’
12	She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers .
13	‘ The last thing on Peter 's mind — and on mine , ’ she added for good measure , ‘ is going to bed together ! ’
14	I ca n't even solve crosswords , ’ she added for good measure .
15	‘ And when I 'm so fragile , ’ she added for good measure .
16	‘ I 'm an early riser , ’ she added for good measure .
17	So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image .
18	She appealed for potential volunteers to contact the organisation for their next training programme which begins in October .
19	Like a drowning woman clinging to a frail piece of wreckage , she hung for dear life on to the bedpost while the images cluttered her mind : Benedict smiling ; Caswell shocked ; a loved face dying ; the wasted face of Lady Lavinia dead , eyes open ; Araminta 's bitter , hating mouth ; Rose 's pleading smile for Benedict .
20	Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) .
21	In 1912 she was elected as a Labour councillor in the London borough of Kensington , where she pressed for public provision of baby clinics , school meals , improved council housing , employment schemes , and prohibition of sweated labour .
22	She worked for various companies but is now an account director with Bartle Bogle Hegarty .
23	She called for automatic life sentence for rape .
24	She called for British schools to follow the lead of an American scheme — inviting parents into the classroom for short courses in the three Rs .
25	That was about the only other thing she knew for sure .
26	She knew for sure that one contained the means to finding the Grimoire .
27	One thing she knew for sure : Alain would be married long before she was .
28	Suddenly she was ravenous , and she knew for sure that the cupboard held only labour-intensive proper food .
29	The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home .
30	But she did n't want him even that far away , and in a mindless vortex of wanting , she , who she knew for certain was not the clinging type , clung on to him .