Example sentences of "[v-ing] for she " in BNC.

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1 We both need a break but I ca n't afford a holiday and you would n't believe the hassle of organizing for her to go into a home for a fortnight .
2 ‘ So you 're going solo now , ’ said the victim , fumbling for her smokes again .
3 It was his attitude towards Dawn , treating her with such compassion and even apologising for her .
4 I 'm always apologising for her .
5 She had protected herself but became aware that her womb was weeping for her .
6 " It 's that boy , Timothy Gedge , " Lavinia had said , and then had called out to the twins , who were clamouring for her upstairs somewhere .
7 The shop lady had a friend in the next county who chose Royal blue for her cardigans , so I started knitting for her , posting the garments and charging up the postage .
8 They meant well of course , but they were trying so hard to be sympathetic and reassuring , saying they would be praying for her .
9 Police Federation branch chairman George Creighton said : ‘ We are all praying for her to pull through .
10 Pat herself has been very ill and people in QP have been praying for her .
11 The Liberals ' strategists , after panicking about Campbellmania , are now praying for her to become Tory leader .
12 I 'm dying for her .
13 Then as he turned away , she went to the door already opening for her .
14 Anne was sad at the death of the Misses Dolan but too much was happening for her to dwell on it .
15 ‘ He gave me a message of love and understanding for her , ’ Mrs Palko , 55 , claimed .
16 At the same time , I was refusing for her to be brought to the prison because although I wanted to see her more than anything , I was damn sure she was n't going to come to prison and see me .
17 It appears that , following her leaving Ontario , the lawyers who had been acting for her in Ontario were removed from the record .
18 ‘ Let me do that for you , ’ he said , for it did not seem fitting for her to be pouring out drinks .
19 I mean — high , … if … you did n't know who was singin' , you would n't be lookin' for him you would be lookin' for her . ’
20 Delaney pulled up , frightened at the sight of the dismembered barricade at the bottom , but began shouting for her as he dropped down .
21 He 's shouting for her .
22 ‘ I only told you about her staying away a lot and men turning up looking for her and things like that .
23 At one o'clock , she ran round everywhere trying to find him , while Sam ran round looking for her .
24 ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’
25 ‘ I ca n't help saying it strikes me as rather odd that you 've left it till now to start looking for her . ’
26 If Dennis came looking for her , she might hear him in time , or she might not .
27 Is anyone looking for her ?
28 Perhaps it would n't be such a bad idea to be slightly more circumspect about looking for her .
29 So that Simon would n't come looking for her . ’
30 He always came looking for her .
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