Example sentences of "[verb] she [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Let her loose for a minute , will you ? " |
| 2 | I sat with her , gave her my drink bottle , stuffed her with glucose and encouraged her to rest for a while . |
| 3 | Mrs Bracken 's varicose veins were playing her up and the doctor had told her to rest for a week . |
| 4 | You know she works for a choir school ? |
| 5 | So she begged Jack to let her go for a swim , as it was so hot that day , out to the reef , where she could find the weed she needed in fresh , young supply . |
| 6 | Clare watched her eating for a moment . |
| 7 | He saw it made her think for a moment , about him . |
| 8 | Father had , apparently , told her she was ‘ too stupid ’ to take a degree in maths , told her she could n't do a joint degree in physics and German because he could n't afford to pay for the year out , and had influenced her to apply for A university because that was where he had taken his degree . |
| 9 | Well she 's worked she works for a tour operator , she worked for a |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been trying to get her to look for a living-in job , a hotel receptionist maybe , but she wo n't leave her mother . |
| 11 | However , I think , to borrow her own phrase and tactics , I 'll let her sweat for a bit . |
| 12 | But she seemed to fidget him ; he would let her stay for a while and then say , ‘ Run along , duckie , ca n't you see I 'm busy ? ’ |
| 13 | She said she asked for a lift for herself and a male friend as a joke . |
| 14 | Er what does she do for a living ? |