Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] she for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
2 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
3 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
4 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
5 | A few days after the Argentinian surrender , I saw her for a meeting on health service pay . |
6 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
7 | Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago . |
8 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
9 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
10 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
11 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
12 | Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening . |
13 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
14 | He studied her for a second , eyes narrowed . |
15 | He studied her for a moment . |
16 | He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged . |
17 | He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk . |
18 | Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid . |
19 | He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course . |
20 | He scrutinised her for a moment . |
21 | Then without disclosing how — if he had the money to proceed on his own , he would not now be displaying that same information on Esther 's desk — he pressed her for a response . |
22 | He blamed her for the death of his sister . |
23 | He watched her for a moment in silence . |
24 | He left her for a time to find prey and brought back a hare from the moorland tops , tearing it up and gently feeding her with parts of it . |
25 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
26 | He held her for a moment longer , glaring down at her , crushing her with his body , his fingers . |
27 | Then , as she shuddered , he held her for a moment against him . |
28 | He considered her for a moment . |
29 | He eyed her for a moment , spat in disgust , and ignoring her , turned to his men crowding the galley 's side . |
30 | He eyed her for a moment . |