Example sentences of "her for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 2 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 3 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |
| 4 | Alice was supposed to help but she always woke up too late because she had been working for her exam ; Emmie had to shake her for nearly five minutes before she came up , moaning , out of a deep well of sleep . |
| 5 | ‘ I have already paid her for tonight . ’ |
| 6 | Francesca sounded rattled and hostile , and McLeish gazed at the wall , wondering if he had really been in love with her for over a year . |
| 7 | The first time Jan Doak wore the dolphin suit in meeting common dolphins , one individual bonded with her for over four hours , a rare response from this shy species . |
| 8 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
| 9 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 10 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 11 | ‘ I coach her for up to 15 hours per week , usually early in the mornings , before breakfast , and lunchtimes . |
| 12 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 13 | Not only will her mother feel immense unhappiness about the action her daughter has taken but there is also the chance that her father may take unpleasant measures and throw harsh accusations at her for not having brought up her daughter properly . |
| 14 | And you 've got to admire her for not collapsing . ’ |
| 15 | In that first heart-stopping moment when he realised that it really was her , his impulse had been to run to her , to grab her in his arms and smother her with kisses , to chide her for not waiting until he came back to make her his wife . |
| 16 | I was angry with her for not saying anything , not doing anything . |
| 17 | Kersey watched the gulls and tried various gambits to draw him out , succeeding at last : ‘ I suppose Sara 's story is credible and you ca n't altogether blame her for not coming out with it sooner . ’ |
| 18 | Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity . |
| 19 | I ca n't blame her for not admitting anything : we have only just met . |
| 20 | Oh well you ca n't blame her for not |
| 21 | It was simply that he could judge such things after living so closely with her for however many years . |
| 22 | I knew you would n't mind having her for just a fortnight . ’ |
| 23 | Paula had at last persuaded Tweed to hand over the driving to her for awhile . |
| 24 | Toby Marten , Dead Certain 's owner , paid only 5,800 guineas for her and even after stumping up £10,000 to supplement her for yesterday 's race , he is still well over six figures in the plus in prize money , not to mention Dead Certain 's enormous intrinsic value . |
| 25 | I killed her for absolutely nothing . |
| 26 | She suddenly saw how selfish she had been , and knew at last the answer to the thing that had puzzled her for so long — why her mummy , who had been a keen Brownie Guider and loved Brownies , would n't let her join a Pack . |
| 27 | But you had known her for so long that she must have seemed immortal . ’ |
| 28 | Even that proved not enough to save her ; less than a year after her father 's passing , she finally succumbed to the illness which had beset her for so long , and was laid to rest at St John 's . |
| 29 | ‘ It is upsetting for the cast having worked with her for so long . |
| 30 | However , now he knew she was angry with him for leaving her for so long . |