Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] her [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life .
2 The mother of a six-year-old boy who suffered brain damage when he fell from scaffolding says she 'll continue her fight for compensation — despite a court clearing the contractor of blame .
3 Although Bernice could understand her wish for peace and quiet , Ell must be joking saying that she would prefer to be back home .
4 Mrs Hamilton was n't confident that the agency nurses she interviewed would respect her desire for confidentiality on the subject .
5 For the next four years her relatives reportedly tried to find a country that would receive her body for burial , but were turned away until they reached Peru .
6 She may put her reputation for unreliability on the line at Ayr on Friday .
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