Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly her heart ached for the sight of her native country , for the sounds and scents and the voices of her own people . |
| 2 | erm And if you look at the second line , and begin three words in , it says ‘ the mistress , ’ the mistress is abbreviated , ‘ answers her man can not work , nor can she spare him till she be paid for what her husband did for the King 's soldiers ’ . |
| 3 | When they stood at the curb to cross the road her back ached for the support of his hand in its pit . |
| 4 | Her father reached for the tea pot . |
| 5 | She contends that the tenant ceased to be a statutory tenant for the purposes of the subsection when the possession order was made in the county court or , alternatively , when the possession order took effect or , alternatively , when her client applied for the warrant of execution . |