Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was compelled to sue for peace and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris was disarmed on the Black Sea . |
| 2 | ‘ She was going to shop for spices in Greenwich Market . |
| 3 | She 'd already decided what she was going to cook for Rohan — home-made tomato soup to begin with , then le rosbif with all the trimmings , although she was going to cheat on the dessert and buy one of the beautifully glazed tartes aux pommes from a pâtisserie . |
| 4 | If she was going to qualify for Wembley , she was going to have to do it on her own and Midnight just had to be good enough . |
| 5 | No , no , she was going to write for T G I and then we were going to see whether it was appropriate . |
| 6 | But the fumes seeped in until she was forced to gulp for air and she plunged into a deep and haunted sleep . |
| 7 | Ann High 's husband worked at the mine , but with eight children it was so difficult in winter that she was forced to apply for relief to buy extra clothing . |
| 8 | Her first published book was Bog Myrtle and Peat ( 1921 ) , a volume of poems which she was persuaded to submit for publication by her friend and literary mentor Dr Ronald Campbell Macfie . |
| 9 | When she asked what she should think again about , she was advised to train for office work . |