Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] for the [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 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 10 | She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |