Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her parents then moved to London and admitted her as a free scholar to the sculpture studio in the Royal College of Art , where she stayed for four years and graduated an A.R.C.A. |
| 2 | After time off to have children , she became a secretary at Kendall Primary School , Colchester , where she stayed for five years before moving at Myland . |
| 3 | Renowned for her ‘ tomboyish tastes ’ ( she would , even in evening dress , always carry a knife and some string about her person ) , Emma went on to the School for Ornamental Art and began to support early Victorian feminist causes , making an initial living as a restorer of stained-glass windows notably in the chapel of Merton College , Oxford , where she worked for two years in the early 1860s . |
| 4 | That might in itself imply that she felt for some reason that she would be suspected , or perhaps she knew who the killer was and preferred to keep quiet . |
| 5 | On the reverse of each plate is Cicely Mary Barker 's original poem that she penned for each fairy . |
| 6 | She had told him that Brenda was obsessively vegetarian , and that she longed for red meat : would he take her out ? |
| 7 | Firdaus is so stung by this that she looks for another job . |
| 8 | The very fact that terms like ‘ dissenter ’ and ‘ nonconformist ’ made no sense in America shows the attraction that she held for English Nonconformists : America to them was what England might become . |
| 9 | Before that she worked for several companies in Taiwan , the last one being Coca-Cola . |
| 10 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 11 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 12 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 13 | Anne had already trimmed down to a reasonable weight with the help of Weight Watchers , and she pleaded for new ideas to strengthen her resolve . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She finished school last year , and she worked for six months in a hospital to get some money . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Dewi , a former Tokyo bar girl , had faced up to 16 years in prison but could now avoid jail completely if she behaves for two years . |
| 18 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 19 | But she must wear a special cap to protect her head while she waits for more surgery . |
| 20 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 21 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 22 | She does this in almost literal fashion as she watches for repeated mannerisms typical of that animal . |
| 23 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |