Example sentences of "[verb] she [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainer Richard Hannon entered her yesterday for the Hambro Countrywide Fillies Stakes at Newmarket and the Daily Mail Leisure Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday . |
| 2 | We send her out for food every day |
| 3 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 4 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 5 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 6 | They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her . |
| 7 | But he would n't do that now , he had n't picked her up for twelve years . |
| 8 | No one to stop them keeping her here for as long as they wanted . |
| 9 | At her worst , on the third night , faint from lack of food , her throat parched with thirst , she had a crazy idea that the storm was singling her out for punishment , was expending its venom to get at her . |
| 10 | Karen crawled into a sleeping bag at three o'clock , having last seen Jessica deep in conversation with a blonde-haired willowy type with beard and pipe who had pursued her earnestly for several hours . |
| 11 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 12 | yet you probably put her off for putting the bet on cos you were |
| 13 | ‘ Oh — do n't tell me , I do n't want to know , ’ Emmie cried passionately , flinging herself down on top of William who suffered her patiently for a moment and then got up , shook himself and moved away . |
| 14 | One woman had a friend who constantly let her down for appointments , a lunch , an evening out , by either not turning up , being very late or changing dates at the last minute . |
| 15 | But what Miss Blagden had sought her out for was not only to ask after her welfare or bring news from Lucca but to offer her two lady-boarders for three months . |
| 16 | And it was just as well that she did so because Harry appeared at that moment , to lead her out for sherry and soda . |
| 17 | I went to visit her just for a coffee or something , and she started saying , after a lot of stuttering , that I was having an affair with her husband . |
| 18 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 19 | He studied her intently for a moment , then bowed his head slightly . |
| 20 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 21 | He studied her impassively for a moment . |
| 22 | I can hardly send her out for sandwiches , and from the way Victor was talking this could be our last proper meal together . |
| 23 | ‘ That person is here again , Miss Grenfell , she says she has slippers for you , shall I show her in for the fitting ? ’ |
| 24 | If you will give me half your treasure I will fetch her back for you . " |
| 25 | they 've not , yeah , they 've not phoned her up for God knows how long . |
| 26 | I told her off for not le not telling me she was ill . |
| 27 | I told her off for not let not telling us she was ill and she said no , no I 'm fine . |
| 28 | Bridget O'Brien 's been fighting attempts by Barclay 's Bank to repossess her home for five years and her legal victory was welcomed by others with similar problems . |
| 29 | I felt that if , for perfect reasons of conscience , I could not fight for her , I must give her up for ever . |
| 30 | Miss Jeanette told how Nichol had scratches on his face , neck and lip when he arrived to pick her up for work . |