Example sentences of "and she [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1813 she was back at Temple Place , and she arranged for the auctioning of the contents of her Bond Street house . |
| 2 | Well , there was n't much Maureen could do about this injury , but the wound did heal up nicely and she cared for the bird for over a year . |
| 3 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 4 | She was pretty and popular and she lived for the moment . |
| 5 | Already they were aroused and she longed for the water against her overheated skin to caress and tease her further and she longed to plunge in beside Fernando and for him to … |
| 6 | Rosa in the chapel with her head bent over her hands , her legs stiff from kneeling , thought , We will go away together , somewhere different from here , to Africa , he said , he wanted to go there , and I will take care of him , we are like each other , we are both … and she hunted for the word because she did not want to use the word ‘ misfit ’ , and found ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 7 | Her cabin , when she returned to it , was beautifully cool , and she headed for the shower , stripping off her clothes as she went . |
| 8 | As she walked up Tullis Street , Templeton 's came into view , and she headed for the entrance that would take her to the offices where she d been told to report . |
| 9 | The wood cracked against Belle 's hands and she sat for the rest of the lesson holding her knees . |
| 10 | erm and she paid for the holiday , but she has an allergy . |