Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] her for " in BNC.

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1 It was also understandable that he should hate her for what he thought she was doing , or , rather , helping Garry do .
2 I know I should hate her for it , but I ca n't .
3 ‘ Then you must thank her for the invitation and suggest a postponement . ’
4 " If the lad takes her then he must take her for passion and hope it stays hot : "
5 He assumed an expression of profound gravity before saying the most pressing question was where he should take her for supper .
6 It was untenable that he should blame her for something that was not her fault .
7 Chewed steadily , it should last her for days .
8 And Dr Kent should reprimand her for it .
9 ‘ I 'll sack her for that , ’ she said out loud .
10 I 'm sure you 'll value her for that . ’
11 ‘ Never mind what Matey might say — ’ and he was almost short with her ‘ — I 'll square her for you .
12 ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’
13 So we said to her last week Dave and I talked it over and , I did n't realize he was gon na spring it quite as soon as that , but he did , and everything went alright so , I said , well we 'll try her for tea , a couple a hours did n't we Mon ?
14 He said to Mariana , ‘ I 'll take her for a few minutes .
15 No she , I 'll leave her for a , she 's gon na have , have her tea in a minute , she can have a bit after her tea .
16 I 'll get it Hello Hello It 's Joanna Hi , Eleanor , yeah , I 'm okay she 's saying mummy come to the phone Hold on one minute and I 'll get her for you .
17 A man might love her for a month or two .
18 I 'll find her for you . ’
19 " Do you think we could salvage her for meat if we bled her ? "
20 Then it would be her lunchtime , and probably another feed , and after that they 'd send her for her afternoon rest , and then collect the specimens and the data from him for the next day 's test session .
21 ‘ Well now , I could see her for a moment .
22 Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while .
23 ‘ Laura must be nearing forty — her daughter , Hilda , is sixteen — but you 'd take her for no more than thirty-five .
24 ‘ If they did you 'd hate her for what she did to Grandfather . ’
25 Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon .
26 ‘ You said you wanted to meet my fiancée so that you could judge her for yourself .
27 Nobody could blame her for taking life as seriously as she 'd had to , but the way to some kind of peace and personal balance would surely lie in the opportunity to stop running and relax a little .
28 If you send me the money , I think we could get her for $1,000 .
29 By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it .
30 Nine days after taking the drug at a friend 's 21st birthday party Rachel , 25 , still has vivid flashbacks which could haunt her for the rest of her life .
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