Example sentences of "[verb] she for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House . |
| 2 | Progress was painfully slow ; I had owned her for a year before she wagged her tail at me . |
| 3 | After visiting Queen 's the man took her for a walk near Twickenham Bridge where he attacked her . |
| 4 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 5 | Some connection having been made in his mind , he began to rebuke her for a belief in the reality of Noah 's Ark , which he referred to sarcastically as the Myth of the Deluge . |
| 6 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 7 | Vass regarded her for a moment . |
| 8 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 9 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
| 10 | ‘ Forget her for a minute if you can , ’ snarled Marc . |
| 11 | ‘ I was wondering whether you 'd arranged to meet her for a talk — to break the news to her ? ’ |
| 12 | He studied her for a moment . |
| 13 | He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged . |
| 14 | He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk . |
| 15 | Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid . |
| 16 | Adam studied her for a moment in silence . |
| 17 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 18 | Vitor studied her for a moment . |
| 19 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 20 | He studied her for a second , eyes narrowed . |
| 21 | He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course . |
| 22 | There were enough provisions here to feed her for a week — and in far more luxury than she would have dreamt of buying for herself . |
| 23 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
| 24 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 25 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 26 | His eyes surveyed her for a moment . |
| 27 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 28 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
| 29 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 30 | ‘ Nobody 's seen her for a week , and she 's not taken any of her stuff . ’ |