Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 2 | The rock thanked her for helping it . |
| 3 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |
| 4 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 5 | Late forties , husband left her for younger woman most likely . |
| 6 | Her husband left her for a job in the Arabian Gulf one year ago , and apart from regular maintenance , neither she nor the children have heard from him since . |
| 7 | A stunning young woman whose husband left her for a woman twenty years older than himself , never forgave him for it . |
| 8 | The sister watched her for a while , then sent the nurse on an errand . |
| 9 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 10 | The fishmonger blessed her for calling and wished her a continued pleasant time in their beautiful city . |
| 11 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 12 | She was abandoned by her mother when she was a year old , and her father gave her for adoption . ’ |
| 13 | The music soothed her for a while but the needle stuck in a groove suddenly and she wept in response , despairing . |
| 14 | Scottish Television 's Controller of Drama , Robert Love praised her for her bravery and praised her husband for the tremendous support he had given her . |
| 15 | ‘ You are not becoming a Brownie tonight , ’ Mum reminded her for the hundredth time . |
| 16 | Surprise silenced her for a moment . |
| 17 | Her family disowned her for marrying a Gentile . |
| 18 | The penguin who had said the word warm shook her head sadly , and tho' the young penguin pestered her for days and days she heard no more about it . |
| 19 | Her mother blamed her for what had happened , and the threatened break-up of the family . |
| 20 | Anybody would think she was a promiscuous little tart , the way her family reproached her for her single status … |
| 21 | During the day , Erika wondered what her mother wanted her for , but after two hours in the gym she had given up wondering , and , indeed , had forgotten about it . |