Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 2 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 3 | She waited ; it seemed she waited for an eternity . |
| 4 | I sat with her , gave her my drink bottle , stuffed her with glucose and encouraged her to rest for a while . |
| 5 | When Moran pressed her to come for the Christmas dinner , she refused . |
| 6 | Clare watched her eating for a moment . |
| 7 | He made her wait for an answer as he topped the teapot up with hot water and Ruth 's imagination went off on its own . |
| 8 | He saw it made her think for a moment , about him . |
| 9 | She dealt with them , then attended to various other tasks which kept her occupied for the remainder of the afternoon . |
| 10 | She said she asked for a lift for herself and a male friend as a joke . |
| 11 | PALACEGATE EPISODE ended her racing for the season on a winning note yesterday . |