Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chrissie is not protected to the same extent because she has not worked for long enough , and there may be grounds for dismissal . |
| 2 | She came here looking for somewhere to live . |
| 3 | She knew , although she did not know for quite how long , she had been running aimlessly . |
| 4 | ‘ What do you think you 're doing … ? she gasped , still feeling shocked and disorientated by the sudden , totally unexpected appearance of the man she had n't seen for so many years . |
| 5 | In the pool of silence which fell between them Laura raised her eyes and took her first good , clear look at the man she had married , and whom she had n't seen for so many years . |
| 6 | And it probably was stupid — if not downright ridiculous — for her to be still technically married to a man she had n't seen for almost five years . |
| 7 | THAT night Maggie had a dream she had not had for over two years and woke up sweating and anxious , her own cries still ringing in her mind . |
| 8 | He had spoken in the voice of the army officer he had once been , expecting instant obedience , showing McAllister a man far removed from the one she had now known for over two months . |