Example sentences of "[conj] she was look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She grew up associating ‘ love ’ with an emotional roller-coaster , and although she was looking for a long-term partner , Deborah quickly became bored and dissatisfied in a stable relationship . |
| 2 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |
| 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 | ( Miranda was n't very big , and she was looking for people the same size as her . ) |
| 5 | She wanted to be able to hate him again , and she was looking for reasons . |
| 6 | She moved , as she often did , from pure , concentrated malice , to a vaguely girlish mode , as if she was looking for someone ( not Henry ) to put his arms round her and tell her everything was all right . |
| 7 | It sounded as if she was looking for something . |
| 8 | While she was looking for her other shoe , I stuffed my feet into trainers — no socks — and pulled on my Steel Wheels Tour sweatshirt . |
| 9 | It was while she was looking for his record folder in the filing cabinet that she realised her hands were trembling . |