Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's now a tradition that she comes for the last week of the campaign , ’ he says . |
| 2 | She suddenly wanted to throw something at him , anything , needing to hurt him as she was hurting , but could n't actually reach his ambitious heart , so she aimed for the next best thing : his self-respect . |
| 3 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
| 4 | Marianne is 33 and she married for the third time two years ago . |
| 5 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 6 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 7 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 8 | Her hands were shaking as she reached for the first of the envelopes . |
| 9 | The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch . |
| 10 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 11 | As she left for the first night party , she just had time to tell us what she thought : |
| 12 | She now rubbed her hand over the oilcloth as she waited for the next question . |