Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 2 | He thought it was an accusation but she met his eyes for a second : ‘ They 'll kill you , ’ she said . |
| 3 | She met his eyes for a long while , then nodded . |
| 4 | She asked her aunt for a little money , for the first time , shuffling her feet and keeping her eyes shyly down . |
| 5 | She cracked her face for a while . |
| 6 | She lifted her eyes for an instant , shook her head and resumed eating . |
| 7 | She noticed his teeth for the first time : small and irregular , like pieces of gravel on a driveway , but sparkling white . |
| 8 | As she clambered over the steep Alpine meadows with Portia , she told her friend for the first time about Thomas and how he had helped her when she had nowhere to go . |
| 9 | She rested her head for a moment against his shoulder and then sat up straight , conscious that she must not ruffle her carefully coiffured hair . |
| 10 | She soothed his brow for a little . |
| 11 | She reserved her temper for the horse . |
| 12 | Nicandra burst into tears and , as she opened her mouth for a bellow , the stored spinach and saliva shot out , into her plate , on to the tablecloth , a horrid defilement . |
| 13 | The relationship between me and my mother was bad because my mother suffered a nervous breakdown and everything , and she blamed her children for a lot of things that went wrong with her . |
| 14 | Arriving after a gruelling 13 hour flight , appeared bright and full of energy , almost immediately giving a press conference where she expressed her fears for the future of peace and democracy in her country . |
| 15 | After the Anglo-French reconciliation of 1303 , Edward wrote to Marie of France thanking her for her letters in which she expressed her desire for a meeting and conversation between him and her stepson , Philip the Fair . |
| 16 | She watched his back for a moment . |
| 17 | She slowed their journey for a day or so and nudged some flying fish along to thrill the penguin with rainbowed crests as fine as spun sugar , spinning sea-drops in an arc over the waves . |
| 18 | She lost her breath for a moment . |
| 19 | Even though she was making light of it , Charlie could n't mistake the fire that animated her when she reached his entries for the final night of Christine Ashdown 's brief career . |
| 20 | Then , pleading a headache and fatigue , she cancelled her outing for the evening , and went to bed . |
| 21 | She puckered her lips for a moment . |
| 22 | ‘ She outlined her regard for the children and made the point that she showed them more attention than the Prince of Wales appeared to . ’ |
| 23 | She gave her orders for the next week 's farm work and then turned to one of the men . |
| 24 | She searched her handbag for the handkerchief , lipstick and eye pencil that are necessary parts of a woman 's grief . |
| 25 | Looking up at Trent , she searched his face for a resemblance . |
| 26 | A T E , A T R at the university and just , the block , the side of the university , she had her apartment for a little time . |
| 27 | She had her introduction for the exhibition and Jay read it like she did n't know who 'd written it . |
| 28 | She sipped her brandy for a moment , then touched her lips with a little salt water … |
| 29 | She closed her eyes for a moment , and when she opened them he was puzzled by the blankness in them . |
| 30 | She closed her eyes for a moment , then said ‘ His name is Felton . ’ |