Example sentences of "that she [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She so wanted grandparents , that she appealed for a couple in the local paper to act as adopted granny and grandad . |
| 2 | Ven made no move to detain her , not that she had for a second considered that he might . |
| 3 | The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ . |
| 4 | It was as she was passing through the drawing-room that she paused for a moment to glance round admiringly at the décor . |
| 5 | The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart . |
| 6 | Questions poured towards the chair , and Mrs Murphy banged her gavel so hard on the coffee table that it left a mark , which distressed her so much that she forgot for a moment why she was hammering and stared sadly at the dent in the wood . |