Example sentences of "if she [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She informed her great-granddaughter that if she filed for a divorce she would take Andrew 's side and say that what he had done in taking a mistress and in finally attempting suicide was because she had never acted as a wife to him . |
| 2 | She felt weak and seedy and if she went for a walk her ankles puffed up . |
| 3 | Perhaps , if she waited for a while , Christine might come to her again . |
| 4 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 5 | It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’ |