Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | I 've often heard women enhancing the well-known reaction to a sexually victimised woman : ‘ Well she asked for it , did n't she ? |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Here she remained for what seemed an eternity . |
26 | Sometimes she longed for the sound of traffic and street cries . |
27 | All this time , her cries and weepings had so increased in volume and in duration ( sometimes she cried for five or six hours ) that she was forbidden to go to church , and had to be confessed and absolved in a private chapel . |
28 | Sometimes she stopped for hours to gaze across the sea , to peer between rocks , to watch an osprey ride the thermals . |
29 | That was the fatal way — sometimes she trembled for her dear one . |
30 | Rachel asked the switchboard to page Dr Markham in his meeting , then she sent for Greg and the factory ambulance . |