Example sentences of "she [vb past] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She headed for the outsize black car that was parked opposite . |
| 2 | The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch . |
| 3 | And she said she spoke for the two other chip shop owners in the town in rebutting the charges . |
| 4 | She suddenly wanted to throw something at him , anything , needing to hurt him as she was hurting , but could n't actually reach his ambitious heart , so she aimed for the next best thing : his self-respect . |
| 5 | His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come . |
| 6 | ( d ) She had for the previous 24 hours been receiving narcotic drugs and antibiotics and was in a state in which it was necessary to give her oxygen . |
| 7 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 8 | When she retired from the RCM in 1948 she went on to run the Violet Melchet Infant Welfare Centre near Sloane Square , a job she held for the next twenty years . |