Example sentences of "that she was [v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
| 2 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 3 | Instead , there were rustlings , faint and unintelligible mutterings suggesting that she was looking for something , more footsteps going downstairs , a sharp sound like the slamming of a door and then complete silence . |
| 4 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 5 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 6 | I have in fact si since seeing this sent her a copy of the paper I put to this meeting , erm , having seen that , because I did n't know that she was waiting for it to the commentary with . |