Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] her for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 2 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 3 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 4 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 5 | And when the bridal party came out into the church porch and stood blinking and smiling in the winter daylight , Sir Felix Lark , his wild eyes excessively unstable , was instantly at Linnet 's elbow , topping the suave invitations of Mr Adolphus Moon to meet his artistic friends with offers to mount her for the Far Flatley hunt . |
| 6 | Victor Sierra 's ‘ rubber band ’ possesses a great ability to frighten the life out of a pilot flying her for the first time , by apparently stopping if and whenever the revs drop below 1800 , when the most horrendous mixture-timing ‘ flat-spot ’ occurs and it all goes quiet up front . |
| 7 | ‘ You are not becoming a Brownie tonight , ’ Mum reminded her for the hundredth time . |
| 8 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 9 | Leo asked her for the second time . |