Example sentences of "[verb] her for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed .
2 Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’
3 He said to Mariana , ‘ I 'll take her for a few minutes .
4 Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said .
5 Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs .
6 But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him .
7 That stumped her for a few seconds , then she opened the door to the hallway for me .
8 They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care .
9 Pressing , as her distresses are , if I did not think her heart was rightly turned , I should be afraid of proposing such a measure , lest it should unsettle the sobriety of her mind , and , by exciting her vanity , indispose her for the laborious employments of her humble condition ; but it would be cruel to imagine that we can not mend her fortune without impairing her virtue .
10 The sweaty exertions of the players , the movement of their pale , hairy legs , their breathless staccato shouts of ‘ Oh , well played ! ’ and ‘ Just out ! ’ occupied her for a few minutes .
11 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 .
12 Gradually it became possible to stop her for a few seconds , and then to ask her to start walking again before her anxiety rose and she reared .
13 It would last her for a few days .
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