Example sentences of "she [vb past] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets .
2 She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon .
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 knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting .
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 She asked for a second helping of spinach .
15 She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan .
16 Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me .
17 ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time .
18 She tried for a neutral tone .
19 She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers .
20 She tried for a brighter smile .
21 At the door , she stopped for the last time .
22 As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall .
23 Abandoning an untouched plate of food , she headed for the nearest door .
24 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 .
25 She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’
26 She darted for the open doors and down the stone step to the garden .
27 She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ .
28 She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight .
29 She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house .
30 She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp .
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