Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home . |
| 3 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 4 | It was n't really surprising therefore that she was wound tighter than a spring with suppressed energy as she waited for Ace to return . |
| 5 | He wished Annabel were not so insecure and dependent upon him ; for the past few months , as she waited for Avanti to make up its mind , she had needed constant emotional support and reassurance from Scott , who had felt her clinging to him , almost like a physical weight on his back . |
| 6 | She does this in almost literal fashion as she watches for repeated mannerisms typical of that animal . |