Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [vb infin] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he 's told her that she should pay for the new family car . |
| 2 | Thus , for example , a woman 's wish to work outside the home might conflict with the expectation that she should care for an elderly relative . |
| 3 | I just hope she 'll sleep for a little while . |
| 4 | If things keep as they 're going now and she gets the services she 's getting I 've no grumbles , she 'll stop for a long while . |
| 5 | Wrapped up in the everyday business of looking after her newborn baby , Belinda felt fine : she could cope for a few days . |
| 6 | She could sleep for a thousand years . |
| 7 | It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year . |
| 8 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 9 | But for now , she would not allow herself to think , she would rest for a few hours and then make arrangements to deal with business matters . |
| 10 | So then I saw Mrs Irwin on Tuesday when I was in and she came up with all sorts of things that she would like for the new development . |
| 11 | A professional decorator told me years ago that when carrying out domestic painting , he always asked the lady of the house the shade she would like for the finished coat . |
| 12 | She would fight for a new future and she would succeed . |
| 13 | The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life . |
| 14 | Mr Boyd predicted : ‘ She will go for a classic style which never dates . |