Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic . |
2 | And the woman respected for her concern for the sick and deprived is told : ‘ Not to love is not to live , or it is to live a living death . |
3 | She had made no secret of her admiration for the mysterious Miguelito . |
4 | The pop superstar has made no secret of her lust for the 27-year-old bad-boy star of hit TV series Beverly Hills 90210 . |
5 | We had to quickly change it back , but I only got one hook done up and she had to go holding one hand behind her back for the whole scene . |
6 | She bumped into Charlie later on , as she was heading out with her list for the coffee-shop order . |
7 | Despite living with her mother for the past eight years , she saw her foster parents every other weekend and went on holidays with them . |
8 | Nell pumped up the air , constricting the blood supply , then bled it out again , listening with her stethoscope for the returning pulse . |
9 | Hilton warns her not to skimp these obligatory verbal prayers in her enthusiasm for the new contemplation . |
10 | Punctual , reliable and sensible , she carried a rape alarm in her car for the two-minute drive from home to the sports centre where she worked . |
11 | That road leads inexorably to her work for the sick , the dying and the distressed . |
12 | No-one in Vienna knew her or me ; I was to perform on her behalf for the current season . |
13 | b ) Brave , passionate , deeply misunderstood woman crucified by her love for the heartless , impossible , provincial Flaubert . |