Example sentences of "[verb] her for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's why I used her for so many of the taped examples for my lectures , Folly . |
| 2 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 3 | Alice was supposed to help but she always woke up too late because she had been working for her exam ; Emmie had to shake her for nearly five minutes before she came up , moaning , out of a deep well of sleep . |
| 4 | ‘ I coach her for up to 15 hours per week , usually early in the mornings , before breakfast , and lunchtimes . |
| 5 | Even that proved not enough to save her ; less than a year after her father 's passing , she finally succumbed to the illness which had beset her for so long , and was laid to rest at St John 's . |
| 6 | His arms around her , he began so gently that although McAllister was already feeling stifled , and the fear of men which had beset her for so long had begun to tighten its grip on her , she not only allowed him to kiss and fondle her face and neck , but let him undo her hair , so that it tumbled about her shoulders , as magnificent in its abandon as he had imagined it in the long nights when he had been unable to sleep . |
| 7 | She put her arms around his neck , and Edouard managed to resist her for about thirty seconds . |
| 8 | Lori seemed to shudder right through to her very bones ; then it was as if she had shaken off a darkness that had possessed her for too long . |
| 9 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
| 10 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 11 | I 'd not seen her for quite some time , you know . |
| 12 | Margaret she 's coming to this do we 're going to , I have n't seen her for about forty years . |
| 13 | I ai n't seen her for about two months . |
| 14 | We have n't seen her for about ten , twelve years and er |
| 15 | He put his hand over the flame of the lamp and said to Stricker : ‘ Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When she started staying with friends I would not see her for about a week or so , but I was not concerned . |
| 17 | Well I , I , I , I 've see Mrs I 've had her for so many , many years |
| 18 | Keep putting up , we 've had her for about two years have n't we ? |
| 19 | She doubted if even James Morton would remember her for long . |
| 20 | I killed her for absolutely nothing . |
| 21 | The marquis lifted her from the saddle , feeling the warmth of her body against his own , wishing he could go on holding her for ever . |
| 22 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 23 | She tried to control herself , but the will which had driven her for so long was broken , whether forever , or temporarily , she did not know . |
| 24 | Lachlan could never resist her for long . |
| 25 | No event , however unpleasant , could have marked her for ever . |
| 26 | I knew you would n't mind having her for just a fortnight . ’ |
| 27 | Having known her for less than two months , he was not yet confident of any strong hold on her affections , despite the fact that she seemed quite willing to accept his embraces and kisses . |
| 28 | She was the daughter of an earl , well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil , and he had known her for as long as he could remember . |
| 29 | Miss Evans had become Auntie Lou and it seemed they had known her for ever . |
| 30 | But you had known her for so long that she must have seemed immortal . ’ |