Example sentences of "she [vb past] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks . |
| 2 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 3 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
| 4 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 5 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 6 | The battered red car arrived at 7pm , Maria Yackle was dressed as she had been for her previous visit , but because it was rather cold , wore a jacket made of synthetic fur as well . |
| 7 | Agnes , tanned , huge , all beads and bright caftan , determined to give birth in the lotus position ( in which she claimed the child had been conceived ) while going ‘ Om ’ , refused to answer any of my father 's questions about where she had been for the three years and who she had been with . |
| 8 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 9 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 10 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 11 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 12 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 13 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 14 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 15 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 16 | The longing he 'd kindled within her had been for love — his love . |