Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had already spent an hour weeding and was determined to uproot a particularly tough dandelion ; then coffee , then the weekend shopping and then off to the sailing club where she had enrolled for a course of lessons in board-sailing . |
| 2 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
| 3 | ‘ She is a good little actress although she has opted for the dancing course here . |
| 4 | Although she did call for a fuller apprenticeship for women , Amelia McLean did not argue ( nor did anyone else ) that the Monotype made old-fashioned apprentice ships redundant , and that by a historical reversal of the usual procedure , women compositors in 1910 actually controlled a skilled process while men did not . |
| 5 | Oh Christ , she wanted to be fucked even more than she 'd hungered for the whip . |
| 6 | Anna was immersed in a game with Edward under the watchful eye of Miss Fitch , who gave Ruth no welcome : so she decided to go for a walk . |
| 7 | If she had weakened for a moment , to the extent of uttering one soft word of forgiveness , of friendship , she might have burst into tears . |
| 8 | He had assumed , discriminated , made her feel as if she had to apologise for the way she lived her life , when he knew nothing , nothing of her circumstances or her reasons . |
| 9 | If she wants to work for the organization I 'm sure we 'll find something suitable for her . " |
| 10 | Because she had to provide for the Barons and for her other gentleman who was still with her she was obliged to go out daily to market and this quite ordinary transaction restored some of her spirits . |
| 11 | She had awakened early , busied herself with her bags and , while she had waited for the taxi repeatedly told herself that men were a species that she would avoid at all costs from here on in . |
| 12 | She arrived with twenty minutes to spare before her train was due to leave but , after she had queued for a ticket , was only just in time to catch it . |
| 13 | Mr Elton attacked his wife after she had asked for a divorce . |
| 14 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 15 | Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature . |
| 16 | Next day , after she had arrived for the matinée , the manager sent for her . |
| 17 | He came home to sleep and as soon as he woke after she 'd left for the Clinic , he went out . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She suspected that she was pregnant when she began seeing Alan , but this was only confirmed when she had to go for a check-up because Alan had a urinal infection . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When she came to pay for the bill , she found that it had already been paid . |
| 22 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
| 23 | As she had worked for the civil service previously , she applied and was sent a booklet which specified an age range for applicants of 17 ½ to 28 years . |
| 24 | BBC children 's favourites Brian Cant and Ross King swept the 25-year-old beauty off her feet as she started preparing for a pantomime . |
| 25 | As she stood waiting for a taxi a speeding car appeared out of the freezing fog . |