Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 2 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 3 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 4 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 5 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 6 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 7 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 8 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 9 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 10 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 11 | She squirmed around for a better view of it . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , little is known about her life , however , it is understood that she worked regularly for the National Geographic magazine , for whom she did some of their earliest published colour photography . |
| 13 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 14 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 15 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 16 | She reached out for a pale , beautiful robe that seemed to be a continual pour of colour , like a mountain river with the sun shining on it and , as she did so , there was a whisper of sound behind them . |
| 17 | She looked round for a plain grave . |
| 18 | She looked around for a blunt instrument . |
| 19 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 20 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 21 | She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since . |
| 22 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 23 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 24 | Now she wished fervently for an old-fashioned attendant to match the commissionaire downstairs and the man who had driven Luke 's car away to park it . |
| 25 | She competed successfully for a post-doctoral research fellowship at one of the less fashionable women 's colleges . |
| 26 | As she warmed up for a short recital in the prison 's dining hall , Evelyn said : ‘ Music is incredible medicine for every human being in some sort of way or another . |
| 27 | Memories of the marathon " sew-in " before she left home for the International Youth Congress could not have failed to bring a smile to Eva 's lips , or those of her sisters , if they could have seen her stitching away patiently and efficiently on a hand-driven sewing machine . |
| 28 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 29 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 30 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |