Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was still wearing the ugly straw that she had put on for morning church . |
| 2 | ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her . |
| 3 | So then this fellow comes to the phone , obviously his missus had entered it and he did n't have a bloody clue that she 'd gone in for it and he 'd just come home from work and er Annika Rice there , saying oh where is she ? |
| 4 | The sergeant looked at her closely , obviously wondering if she planned to run off for some reason . |
| 5 | His mother always looked as if she had dressed up for the occasion , which indeed she had . |
| 6 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 7 | Even if she fails to turn up for her next set of lectures there is nothing we can do but not pay her . |
| 8 | Not because she could n't lose weight but because she enjoyed coming along for a weekly work-out session and it helped to keep her weight in check . |
| 9 | You would not have supposed it possible to aid the Communist cause by stripping , yet Gypsy Rose Lee was banned because years before she had spoken up for the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League . |
| 10 | She had worn it twice , once when she had gone out for dinner with her father and Leo and on the night of Sylvie 's return from Italy . |
| 11 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 12 | Even though she tried to listen out for the sound of a returning car , the castle and the road leading up to it remained as silent as the grave . |