Example sentences of "and [verb] her for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 2 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 3 | He came back and hugged her for a while . |
| 4 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 5 | As Ross monopolised her company , and claimed her for every dance , Laura was dimly aware that not only were her friends amazed , and frankly envious , but that she and Ross were the focus of all eyes , and much gossip . |
| 6 | Guido smiled , lifting one eyebrow , and watched her for a moment . |
| 7 | His technique was to go up to one at a literary party and ask her for a cigarette . |
| 8 | Would you like to go to grandma and ask her for a cloth ? |
| 9 | as he half knew , he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme for pulling Tristram out of trouble , and saw her for a moment from a position of detachment : a tall young woman looking younger than her twenty-nine years . |
| 10 | You yourself may come and visit her for an hour once a month . |
| 11 | I 'll call her now and thank her for the book . |