Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a list of phone numbers , it seems like fifty , of different people who have been invoked — the doctor , the home help , district nurse , chiropodist , social worker , hospital doctor , Age Concern , the Red Cross , the old people 's home where she went for a break and dozens more , I hardly know who they are . |
| 2 | The second daughter , Katarina ( Tinka ) , also graduated from the College , where she taught for a time . |
| 3 | Dorothy , the eldest , went to the maternal grandparents , where she stayed for a number of years . |
| 4 | And although she listened for the sound of his steps , she did not hear them . |
| 5 | For a Royal tour she always used to pull out the stops and literally shop until she dropped for the occasion . |
| 6 | She informed her great-granddaughter that if she filed for a divorce she would take Andrew 's side and say that what he had done in taking a mistress and in finally attempting suicide was because she had never acted as a wife to him . |
| 7 | She felt weak and seedy and if she went for a walk her ankles puffed up . |
| 8 | Perhaps , if she waited for a while , Christine might come to her again . |
| 9 | ‘ All right , all right , ’ she quickly agreed as it dawned on her that if he was who she thought he was then she was going about it completely the wrong way if she hoped for an interview . |
| 10 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 11 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 12 | Jane clutched her beige cardigan tightly in one hand while she searched for a tissue in her handbag with the other . |
| 13 | While she waited for the water to come to the boil she put on her boudoir cap to conceal the steel haircurlers ( dragon 's teeth through the night but never mind that ) , and her Jaeger dressing-gown ( which cost the awful sum of £5 ) , and set forth for her regular deliverance on the lavatory . |
| 14 | She should have got something to drink while she waited for the chemist but she had n't thought of it then . |
| 15 | HOSPITAL officials have pledged to investigate allegations that a 90-year-old patient was not properly cared for while she waited for an operation . |
| 16 | while she yearned for the insect dance |
| 17 | FORMER US Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan , who are both staying at Claridge 's in London 's Mayfair , had a private meeting with Lady Thatcher before she left for a visit to Indonesia . |
| 18 | She was about to ask if he 'd be back before she left for the night , when the door closed behind him . |
| 19 | The windows were mere arrow-slits now blocked by wooden shutters ; the air was so damp with a pervasive chill that Queen Margaret insisted fires be lit in her rooms before she retired for the night . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , when she disappeared for a week without saying anything to Katrine who was her closest friend , Katrine went round to the flat a number of times , thinking she must be ill . |
| 21 | Do you happen to know whether she was wearing it when she left for the airport ? |
| 22 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 23 | This is the story about Miranda Mouse , and what happened when she went for a walk in Puddle Lane . |
| 24 | I said to Ted : ‘ We 'll say that when she went for the tram , the dog run after her . ’ |
| 25 | flesh of her upper arm hung down when she reached for a cigarette , but it scarcely mattered . |
| 26 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 27 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 28 | When she arrived for a pre-arranged drink the lights were on . |
| 29 | One woman juror winked at Liberace as she returned for the verdict . |
| 30 | Coughing and spluttering , she went under , treading water , and suddenly found herself supported by a pair of equally strong arms as she fought for the surface . |