Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Chalk was nowhere to be found , so she made straight for the medicine cupboard in the spacious Georgian-style kitchen with its enormous , old-fashioned white-painted cupboards and scrubbed-elm table , and located the painkillers , swallowing the dosage with water before setting about making the tea . |
| 2 | She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano . |
| 3 | Turning from him , she made quickly for the door . |
| 4 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 5 | She headed straight for the coffee-pot . |
| 6 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 7 | She was not a violent demonstrator as a suffragette but she worked hard for the women 's vote , and at times vociferously at public meetings . |
| 8 | When the water reached a level the Duchesse deemed sufficient ( she was mean with it with people she did not like ) , she called out for the bather to come along , and she left , taking the handle of the hot tap with her . |
| 9 | Trembling , she reached backward for the telephone . |
| 10 | She reached out for the telephone and dialled a well-remembered number . |
| 11 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 12 | As she washed , she listened tensely for the sounds of movement . |
| 13 | Now she listened eagerly for the word , and felt a twinge of disappointment whenever she heard ‘ dear ’ or ‘ Clare ’ instead , fearing that he had fallen out of love since the last ‘ darling ’ . |
| 14 | She looked round for the entrance . |
| 15 | What she did she did clearly for the benefit of her daughter who was unwell , as any normal natural mother would in the circumstances . |
| 16 | As the band left the stage ( she appeared only for the encore ) they could n't find her and panicked , thinking she 'd hated the show and gone home . |
| 17 | To Wilson , they all seemed to be in a fever and like any good nurse she waited anxiously for the point of crisis , more concerned about the fate of Mrs Browning than about that of Italy . |
| 18 | Collecting the ladder from the shed , she searched around for the claw hammer she 'd used before to slot the gutter back under the tiles . |
| 19 | Panic gave her the strength to break free , and she struck out for the side of the pool . |
| 20 | She ran successfully for the Vice-Presidentship of the Student Union . |
| 21 | Her work for the early suffrage campaigns also began in the mid-1870s , when she lectured widely for the cause in London , Manchester , Birmingham , and elsewhere . |
| 22 | Mrs Stych wrung her hands behind the reporter 's back , and wished passionately she could run home to Mother on the pig farm ; she longed suddenly for the smell of hens and milk , for a place where nobody had to keep up appearances or be other than what they were . |
| 23 | She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried . |
| 24 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 25 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 26 | She groped blindly for the door-knob , her glossy head bent . |
| 27 | She stayed indoors for the rest of the summer , lying on her bed , trying to read . |
| 28 | For the first time since Tamar had met her , the putty-coloured cheeks were flushed and the hands which she held out for the child were shaking . |