Example sentences of "she [vb past] [be] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 2 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 3 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 4 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 5 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
| 6 | She had been intending for days to make a start on clearing out the cloakroom ; now was the moment — she would make a preliminary survey , set aside what should be kept , see if there was anything good enough for Oxfam . |
| 7 | Dreams of Comfort and Anthony and David mixed with memories of the war and became tangled up with the figures on the painted ceiling above her bed and the work she had been doing for Kesselring 's trial . |
| 8 | She had been heading for trouble by ever imagining that this man could be touched like any normal human being . |
| 9 | All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work . |
| 10 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 11 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 12 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 13 | It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling . |
| 14 | She was not unexpected ; she had been coming for months . |