Example sentences of "she [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 longs for the anguished desolation of a late capitalism that has n't quite worked as her generation dreamed . |
| 3 | The next year she applied for the nursing course . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person ! |
| 6 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 7 | It sounds like the Velvet Underground mixed with … ’ — and she searches for the appropriate ingredient — ‘ … with Nico . ’ |
| 8 | As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps an escort , ’ hinted Isabel , worried that Matilda was going to suggest she wait for the good father 's return . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 12 | Michael went with her to meetings and joined her when she worked for the Liberal cause because it was the next best thing to Labour . |
| 13 | She worked for the Serbian Relief Fund in Salonika , took charge of a temporary Serbian refugee colony in Bastia , Corsica , and was decorated by the Serbian government . |
| 14 | She worked for the British Council in the monolithic Spring Gardens building between the Mall and Trafalgar Square . |
| 15 | Damn Jake ! she thought for the hundred-millionth time . |
| 16 | ‘ There can be any number of causes of chest pain , ’ Lindsey smiled reassuringly as she reached for the slender wrist . |
| 17 | She reached for the empty plate and coffee-cups . |
| 18 | She reached for the little wrist and laid her fingers against the inside . |
| 19 | As such , she qualifies for The Professional Plan that is on offer from BNP . |
| 20 | And forgetting , startled , she looked for the hovering colour and saw a rainbow forming itself . |
| 21 | She struggled for the sheer fun of it , disappointed as her futile gasps and gyrations were interrupted by the shrilling of the doorbell . |
| 22 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 23 | Heart racing , she felt for the dangling cord and flooded the room with light just as the door closed quietly . |
| 24 | Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition . |
| 25 | She waited for the unpleasant tingling on the back of her neck to go away and bother somebody else . |
| 26 | With — ’ she searched for the right word . |
| 27 | Yet she remains for the modern reader perhaps the most intriguing member of the entire family . |
| 28 | She longed for the silly woman to stop prattling and to blow out the candle . |
| 29 | She groped for the right word . |
| 30 | May I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend both on her statement this afternoon and on all the ways in which she works for the British interest both in Europe and elsewhere in the world ? |