Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 2 | And Ben was all she had for companionship ; those who would have been her so-called friends she would n't let over her step , and those she would have liked to call friends would n't come near her step . |
| 3 | When he was near enough she went for him with clawed hands . |
| 4 | So she made for the orchard first . |
| 5 | The bedroom was on the same level as the terrace , the small sitting-room and the kitchen , and so she waited for the sound of another door or footsteps on the stone staircase down to the entrance hall . |
| 6 | So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last . |
| 7 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 8 | So she paid for it on the spot and took it home . |
| 9 | And lastly she wept for herself . |
| 10 | Desperately she sought for excuses when she knew there was none . |
| 11 | Desperately she sought for an excuse , anything not to have to face his mother 's frosty manner again , but before she could think of anything he said , ‘ On second thoughts , I have a better idea . ’ |
| 12 | Desperately she sought for something to break the enchantment of his rhythmic strokes . |
| 13 | His thin pink lips , which normally she loved for their delicacy and sensitivity , were stretched in a colourless line , and between them showed sharp discoloured teeth . |
| 14 | Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) . |
| 15 | Instinctively she headed for the fence at the far end , wanting to be as far away from the house as possible . |
| 16 | Yet still she asked for news of the Emma Bates . |
| 17 | Quickly she reached for the doorknob , only to find her frantic effort useless as Rune 's hand slammed against the door , holding it fast . |
| 18 | She left elementary school at fourteen to take a job filling seed packets for five shillings a week ; later she worked for a draper and subsequently for the Co-op , where she joined the union movement of which she was to be a lifelong member . |
| 19 | Inwardly she longed for some sparkling revenge . |
| 20 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 21 | Now she baby-sits for their two children . |
| 22 | Now she fears for the one remaining like a hen for her only chick . |
| 23 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 24 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 25 | Now she works for Townsends Solicitors in Swindon , specialising in medical accident cases like her own . |
| 26 | and er I said to her do you miss London ? , and she said well she does for the theatre and that because they were only a short tube ride away from the West from the West End theatre 's and she said there 's more on in Poole here than there is in Bournemouth in terms of plays and |
| 27 | I 've often heard women enhancing the well-known reaction to a sexually victimised woman : ‘ Well she asked for it , did n't she ? |
| 28 | well she says for what |
| 29 | Well she sent for , her mother came , and er , when she came in , explained to her , why she 'd sent for her , and she smacked the child across the face , and said , there was no need to do that . |
| 30 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |