Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 2 | Again she was a busy young mother who did not really find the time to mourn for the loss of her unborn children . |
| 3 | In 1910 she returned to London and began her work in biochemistry , which was to continue for the rest of her life . |
| 4 | He would never dare openly to disobey Smallfry , but he had learned to listen for every shift in her voice-tone and read for himself the most subtle variation in her smile . |
| 5 | She allowed her mind to dwell for a minute on her old schoolfellow in the role of husband . |
| 6 | She 'd just have to send for the rest of her things . |
| 7 | At two thirty-five , the front door was opened by Penman , and Alexandra , in a green wool crèpe dress with a lace jabot and a good deal of complicated silk braid around the hem , under a coat of similar fabric , slit to the waist at the back and sides to allow for the movement of her skirts , and a hat swathed in green gauze and decorated on the left hand side with brown velvet pansies , came down the steps and climbed in . |
| 8 | Firdaus is a prostitute about to die for the murder of her pimp . |
| 9 | THE POOL Byatt , a keen swimmer , announced she would use her twenty-thousand-pound winnings to pay for a swimming-pool at her house in France . |
| 10 | Nicolo Sabatini still thought she was a woman who supplemented her income through occasional dalliances with men willing to pay for the pleasure of her company . |
| 11 | His gaze raked her body , returning to linger for a moment on her mouth . |
| 12 | In all this work he functions as a kindly nurse who has no other business than to care for the well-being of her charge . |
| 13 | In fact , this was the only spectacle which Mrs Goreng had not had to contrive for the benefit of her guests . |
| 14 | She will need twice-daily doses of an anti-rejection drug which she will have to take for the rest of her life . |
| 15 | ‘ In rude health — ’ Joan said smilingly , echoing his own words ‘ — though anxious needless to say for the welfare of her sons ! ’ |
| 16 | Claudette , from Liverpool 15 , believes she was 75 per cent to blame for the breakdown of her marriage , but could n't forgive her husband of 21 years for his adultery . |