Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 2 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He managed to spend the odd hour alone with Grace , who told him she had fallen for a Welsh corporal who had stood on a land-mine and ended up blind in one eye . |
| 5 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 6 | It was true also that she gave English lessons and that she had applied for a full-time job as an English teacher in a small private school . |
| 7 | After all , she had suspected for a long time now that he was aware of the effect he sometimes had on her . |
| 8 | She had hoped for a new freedom , but had found a trap . |
| 9 | But Winnie , in all , though glad he was sick , that he had not jilted her , would have much preferred a broken leg — she had hoped for a broken leg — than the way he was , like those newsreel horrors : Hitler 's Jews , like something out of Belsen . |
| 10 | It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold . |
| 11 | She had known for a long time now . |
| 12 | She had worked for a bent company running credit checks on people , had temped for an employment agency , a bank , and as a telephonist . |
| 13 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 14 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 15 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |
| 16 | She refused to pose for a happy family picture with Jamie and two-month-old George , saying : |