Example sentences of "her [noun] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing exactly what was coming next , and her heart aching for poor Phena , Ellie said softly , ‘ And she could n't find any record of a David Anthony Kent having been born , having even existed — and so knew that her mother had lied . ’ |
| 2 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 3 | Just how complicated a problem this may turn out to be is indicated by the following quotations from the opening paragraphs of the first two chapters of Christine Hugh-Jones ' very remarkable book From the Milk River , which is a study of Pira-pirana Indians living in the Vaupes region of Colombia , as viewed from the perspective of the inhabitants of a single longhouse community in which she and her husband resided for two years between September 1968 and December 1970 : |
| 4 | erm , cos Mary that still works in there she , her husband worked for either Mr Henry , I ca n't remember his name , the man that owned it , and I think , I think perhaps they were brothers or something , she , her husband owns it now it 's Freyers or something now |
| 5 | Whilst the extension of the franchise and Christopher Addison 's hopes for building the ‘ homes fit for heroes ’ showed a genuine desire for the radical elements in government to reform British society , the fact that Britain needed to export nearly one-third of her output to pay for essential imports necessitated the re-establishment of settled trading patterns and the development of new markets . |
| 6 | Another girl , placed in a children 's home at 13 after her mother had a nervous breakdown and her father left for another woman , described her shock at finding it was also a place of ‘ correction ’ for young offenders . |
| 7 | Her father stayed for five years , during which time he became doubly incontinent and increasingly senile . |
| 8 | Catering manager is Irene Forbes , and she and her staff cater for 350 people in the restaurant , as well as operating vending machines and catering for functions . |
| 9 | Gerald was always being chided for something or other : his wife had never entirely lost her Portuguese liking for matriarchal discipline , order and cleanliness — qualities that were not often found among the Husseys . |
| 10 | On 7 June 1991 Auld J. granted her leave to apply for judicial review and directed that the suspension be stayed pending the determination of the judicial review proceedings . |
| 11 | On the doctor 's advice she was put to bed , and her illness continued for several months . |
| 12 | Crilly tells me that his mother has worked all her life to pay for this house . |
| 13 | She liked him still but felt that the familiarity of his uninvited arm about her shoulder called for backing-away tactics . |
| 14 | In eighteen thirty five she returned as a teacher , her salary to pay for first Emily 's , and then Anne 's tuition there . |
| 15 | His granddaughter had an Anglican cathedral built in East Africa and her brother paid for extensive renovations to St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol . |