Example sentences of "she [verb] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She goes for the bold approach , transforming whole walls and courtyards with bright murals , herb mazes , whacky garden furniture . |
| 2 | She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets . |
| 3 | She longs for the anguished desolation of a late capitalism that has n't quite worked as her generation dreamed . |
| 4 | The next year she applied for the nursing course . |
| 5 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 6 | She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person ! |
| 7 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 8 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 9 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 10 | But as she sipped the hot , reviving brew , she realised for the first time since buying the house just how very quiet it was — eerily quiet . |
| 11 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 12 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
| 13 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 14 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 15 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 16 | It sounds like the Velvet Underground mixed with … ’ — and she searches for the appropriate ingredient — ‘ … with Nico . ’ |
| 17 | At the door , she stopped for the last time . |
| 18 | As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall . |
| 19 | Abandoning an untouched plate of food , she headed for the nearest door . |
| 20 | RUNAWAY teenager Nicola Rogers told today why she headed for the bright lights of Blackpool after leaving her home 100 miles away four days ago . |
| 21 | She darted for the open doors and down the stone step to the garden . |
| 22 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 23 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 24 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 25 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps an escort , ’ hinted Isabel , worried that Matilda was going to suggest she wait for the good father 's return . |
| 27 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 28 | For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight . |
| 29 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 30 | Hari closed her book with a snap of finality , the outstanding balance she owed for the French calf hung like a weight around her neck . |