Example sentences of "[verb] her for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Duke Egeus did not ask Hermia to choose between Demetrius and life in a nunnery in Act 1 , there would be no point pressing her for an answer four acts later . |
| 2 | ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer . |
| 3 | This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph . |
| 4 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 5 | Someone interviewed her for an Italian magazine — they 're doing a piece about her family , or so she says . |
| 6 | And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away . |
| 7 | The priest whom she eventually accosted took one look at her , an ill-proportioned , arrogant child with cheap clips in her gaudy hair , and started grilling her for an address . |
| 8 | Suddenly he looked tired , and there were deep furrows in his brow as his eyes scanned her for an instant . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 10 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 11 | ‘ Scheduling , ’ he repeated blandly with a patience that did n't fool her for an instant . |
| 12 | I do n't know what it was , but I instantly fingered her for an obvious goer , sack-artist , dick-idolator , and so on . |
| 13 | Annie came in at seven-thirty every weekday morning , bathed and fed the child and , weather permitting , took her for an outing in the large black perambulator . |
| 14 | ‘ What will people think when those children ask her for an improper story ! ’ |
| 15 | He had only managed to persuade her to join the company because her husband had recently left her for an older woman and she needed to get away from London . |
| 16 | You yourself may come and visit her for an hour once a month . |
| 17 | And she was hoping that they would have sent her for an interview down there . |