Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] she for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 2 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
| 3 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 4 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 5 | A few days after the Argentinian surrender , I saw her for a meeting on health service pay . |
| 6 | Fortunately my mother was able to return to teaching and to complete the final two or three years which qualified her for a pension of her own . |
| 7 | And the teachers who selected her for the post make it very clear that it was Emily 's ability not her sex that made her first choice . |
| 8 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 9 | Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago . |
| 10 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
| 11 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 12 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 13 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
| 14 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
| 15 | Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening . |
| 16 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 17 | He studied her for a second , eyes narrowed . |
| 18 | He studied her for a moment . |
| 19 | He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged . |
| 20 | He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk . |
| 21 | Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid . |
| 22 | He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course . |
| 23 | He scrutinised her for a moment . |
| 24 | Then without disclosing how — if he had the money to proceed on his own , he would not now be displaying that same information on Esther 's desk — he pressed her for a response . |
| 25 | He blamed her for the death of his sister . |
| 26 | He watched her for a moment in silence . |
| 27 | He left her for a time to find prey and brought back a hare from the moorland tops , tearing it up and gently feeding her with parts of it . |
| 28 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
| 29 | He held her for a moment longer , glaring down at her , crushing her with his body , his fingers . |
| 30 | Then , as she shuddered , he held her for a moment against him . |