Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 2 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 3 | So instead , a confident horseperson was engaged to do battle with Honey , but after riding her for two weeks Honey 's behaviour was worse . |
| 4 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 5 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 6 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 7 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 8 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 9 | The girl who earned her nickname by wrestling with an alligator who made the mistake of choosing her for his dinner , has added yet another incredible feat to her repertoire ! |
| 10 | She felt that the ‘ on — off ’ nature of their relationship — when he was here today but not tomorrow , or even the next day — was all part of Nicky 's habit of taking her for granted . |
| 11 | He was a strange man , still lonely in spite of taking her for his wife , and kept his own counsel , never discussing his thoughts with her , keeping his troubles deep , and always ensuring that she had whatever she needed . |
| 12 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 13 | But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life . |
| 14 | But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life . |
| 15 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 16 | Although he was still hungry , he decided against asking her for second helpings now that he had forgotten to use her new name at the very first test . |
| 17 | It seems a grand truth now , though in the morning it may not seem worth disturbing her for . |
| 18 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 19 | Police spent three hours persuading her to leave the car before taking her for counselling at a police station . |
| 20 | But you 're , you 're getting a cup of tea to be we went up through took her for a walk |
| 21 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 22 | Six years ago , her own bewildering awareness of him , the way it had made her feel threatened , must have been obvious to him when his simple presence , a glance in her direction , the sound of his voice , had been enough to unnerve her ; but these days she answered back — and for some reason he was hell-bent on punishing her for what he believed her to be , humiliating her with constant reminders of his contempt . |
| 23 | However , now he knew she was angry with him for leaving her for so long . |
| 24 | Despite her protestations , it was evident Jane Pargeter still resented David Parkin for dumping her for another woman . |
| 25 | She would die by her own hand before the man she was approaching so unflinchingly had the chance to dishonour fitzAlan 's name by using her for his amusement . |
| 26 | Confuse a waitress by asking her for a Big Mac and chips ? |
| 27 | On the other hand her present emphasis may be retrospectively the harder because she was so emphatic in the Sixties when Burton ‘ crucified Sybil ’ by leaving her for Elizabeth Taylor . |