Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 2 | Yeah well he 's been looking after her for , for years ai n't he ? |
| 3 | Last I heard she was living with her for . |
| 4 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
| 5 | Looking to her for comfort was like looking through a drawer for something which you knew was not there because you had looked so often before : you knew what was there — in painful and tedious detail — but there was nothing that you wanted . |
| 6 | Once Celie finds out her sister was still alive and had been writing to her for all this time but she had not received any letters because Albert had intercepted the letters , she stopped writing to God . |
| 7 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 8 | He was looking at her for help — he was pleading , through his fury , for the assistance of his sister … it was just that , in his youth , he could not control the emotion in his face , and she quivered with the imagined rage , only now recognizing the desperation in his eyes . |
| 9 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 10 | Her choice of career had surprised and confused the students competing against her for jobs , but she 'd never allowed the unspoken disapproval that had surrounded her to deter her from her goal . |
| 11 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 12 | I remember in my teens being determined to do something which was not very nice , turning to her for permission and her saying " Well , I would n't do that — but I think you are old enough to decide for yourself , " and suddenly all the joy in the plan faded away and I did n't do it . |
| 13 | Craig had been staying with her for some weeks now and she had grown used to seeing him there in her kitchen . |
| 14 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 15 | Maria 's sister is ill , so she will be staying with her for a few days . ’ |
| 16 | Erm Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 17 | Erm , Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 18 | oh yeah , and end up not speaking to her for a month |
| 19 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 20 | Dizzy shook his head and put a finger to his lips , calling to her for silence ; so Alina waited , and after a while the young woman gave up and went away . |
| 21 | They 'll let me in. — I 've been doing for her for years . ’ |
| 22 | She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We have made Ygelda the new Steward , and she says it will be nothing new to her for Gwion was always running to her for help . ’ |
| 24 | One can imagine how ordinary people coming to her for help would have gone away cheered and instructed by this sane visionary . |
| 25 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 26 | After staring at her for a few seconds in silence , he finally nodded and went out , leaving her to dress . |
| 27 | She watched him hug the child to him , then straighten up , and now he stood glaring at her for a moment . |
| 28 | She knew that this would be a black cloud hanging over her for the rest of her working life . |
| 29 | Is she approachable and easy to talk to , or do you find yourself apologising to her for forgetting things or because your child has heaps of energy ? |
| 30 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |