Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped and put her case down for a moment to try and collect herself ; her hands were trembling uncontrollably from the weight . |
| 2 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 3 | Kate is obviously eating her heart out for a colour changer and an intarsia carriage . |
| 4 | She broke off , lowering her gaze fractionally for an instant before looking directly into Lindsey 's eyes . |
| 5 | Should we have her podiatrist in for a look ? ’ |
| 6 | Rory saw his mother 's shoulders move once , and she put her head down for a second , sniffed . |
| 7 | Joanna looked at her friend curiously for a moment . |
| 8 | Now she saved her animus largely for the council , which seemed unfair , since it had permitted her to buy for almost nothing the house which her mother had rented and given her a grant for improvements . |
| 9 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 10 | Very gently he caught the long glittering strands and brushed them behind her ear , his fingers lingering coolly against her flesh just for a moment before he let them drop to his side . |
| 11 | Penry 's fingers bit into her flesh cruelly for a moment , then his face drained of expression as he released her . |
| 12 | Rose of Lima herself did not write her memoirs , or anything else , so her subjective understanding of this painful phenomenon is not really known ; what is known is that she offered her life explicitly for the conversion and salvation of those suffering people — one of the reasons , obviously , why she later seemed an appropriate patron for the New World . |
| 13 | From time to time , as she looked up , specks of gritty plaster landed in her eyes and , putting her broom down for a moment , she dabbed them with the corner of her shawl . |
| 14 | He studied her face closely for the effect of this extraordinary proposal . |
| 15 | He watched her face thoughtfully for a moment . |