Example sentences of "she 'd [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 2 | But then , he did n't know what she 'd done for him and was going to do . |
| 3 | That was more than she 'd done for Dane , she realised , feeling the first faint stirrings of doubt . |
| 4 | There had been so much to see and she 'd ached for Fernando to be beside her to show her everything . |
| 5 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 6 | She reached down to the floor where her candle stood , and when she 'd groped for the matches , which proved , as always , astonishingly difficult to locate , she lit it . |
| 7 | She 'd headed for the historical centre and spanned out , taking in the churches and palaces and the Lonja — the commodity exchange which housed , among other historical interests , the fine arts museum . |
| 8 | She 'd stopped for him , though . |
| 9 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 10 | He 'd deceived and manipulated her again and again , and she 'd fallen for it every time . |
| 11 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 12 | There was a long pause while she cleared the bed of her things , and she was aware of his eyes on her every movement as he checked over the items she 'd packed for any signs of decadence . |
| 13 | ‘ It were a night like this when your mother went off , lass , and Jake near lost his mind when he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 14 | There was n't a note , but he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 15 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 16 | Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment . |
| 17 | She 'd gone for a walk . |
| 18 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 19 | She 'd dressed for breakfast in shorts and T-shirt and it was n't the ideal outfit for talking business with hotel managers . |
| 20 | Well she sent for , her mother came , and er , when she came in , explained to her , why she 'd sent for her , and she smacked the child across the face , and said , there was no need to do that . |
| 21 | She was enjoying the life she 'd made for herself here in Nottingham , and now she 'll have to go elsewhere . |
| 22 | It was an astonishing thing for a wife to say about her husband to a woman she 'd met for the first time . |
| 23 | Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane . |
| 24 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 25 | When she finally came downstairs it was to find Carole insisting that , since this was their last night in the Hamptons before returning to the apartment in New York , she 'd arranged for them to have a romantic candle-lit dinner in their cottage . |
| 26 | She felt great , better rested than she 'd felt for weeks now , the little aches of fatigue she 'd been growing used to now all miraculously ironed out . |
| 27 | Kim was learning more than she 'd bargained for from the entries : ‘ I had n't realised that the all-in-one body had been such an immensely influential piece . |
| 28 | Stylist Patrick recommended a softer shape for Betty , instead of the severe brushed-back style she 'd worn for years , as well as a complete reconditioning of the ends . |
| 29 | The blonde braid had fallen over her shoulder , shining honey-gold against the vivid jade of the T-shirt dress she 'd worn for the trip out here . |
| 30 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |