Example sentences of "she [vb past] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 So she paid for it on the spot and took it home .
2 The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s .
3 ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too .
4 She looked for him in the oven , the fridge , the wicker basket that held wastepaper beside her desk .
5 ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement .
6 He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf .
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