Example sentences of "she was for " in BNC.

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1 That was what she was for .
2 She was n't at all good at concealing how worried she was for his safety .
3 ‘ I 'm not surprised she was for cats ' meat , ’ Biddy said .
4 The competition was to take place in August and , although she was for ever panicking about what they still could n't do , she tended to overlook how far they had come from first beginnings .
5 Nell stayed as she was for a long time , then had an inspiration .
6 No doubt Selene would marry and have children ; that was all she was for .
7 Or maybe you can say that Mellor wanted to be the captain , but she was for sure the admiral .
8 But the next time Cecilia saw Daphne Bleech-Palmer Tina 's words came back to her and she was for a while shy and constrained .
9 She felt the tight leather skirt being wriggled upwards to bare her scorching behind , and when his cool fingers touched her hot flesh she realised just how hot she was for him .
10 How ready she was for him to fuck her .
11 Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu .
12 She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance .
13 At least — ’ she gave a rueful laugh ‘ — she was for the first twelve years of her life .
14 And suddenly she knew how much she longed to see them , to introduce him to them , and to tell them how sorry she was for her wild behaviour over Terry , and for her conceited folly over Havvie .
15 But the Princess Sabatini was no more responsible for her egotistical grandson than she was for tonight 's overblown charity event .
16 They had walked quite some miles , she realised on the return journey , and she had been in his company for quite some while , so it came as no surprise to also realise how totally unsuited she was for the job she was there to do .
17 she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football
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