Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to her [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She applied to her employer for a redundancy payment but was refused because of lack of funds . |
| 2 | From time to time she acted as research adviser to the Cambridge students who came to her laboratory for instruction . |
| 3 | Garry 's wife suspected there was another woman and she was so upset that she turned to her brother for help . ’ |
| 4 | As she reached to her bag for a cigarette , she realised that Linda was watching her curiously . |
| 5 | When she went to her bank for advice , they demanded a forecast of earnings . |
| 6 | She went to her doctor for sleeping pills and a tonic , though he himself was a better tonic than anything in a bottle . |
| 7 | From one point of view this is a defiant retreat into the ‘ utterly other discourse ’ ( 5,15,143 ) of Cassandra who yields to her penchant for lexical distortion because she has been forced into an impossible position . |
| 8 | They come to her house for parties . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ One lady invited us to go to her cottage for a holiday . |