Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] her for " in BNC.

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1 I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why .
2 ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’
3 The remark got back to Belinda , who did n't speak to her for years thereafter .
4 She said , I think she were gon na wonder what , what they 're gon na do to her for for the copy machine .
5 ‘ Perhaps you can look after her for five minutes while I go and book the rooms ? ’
6 It did not occur to her for a moment that she might not be right .
7 St John glanced quickly at her , but dared not look at her for long .
8 These sounds and sights of East Anglia , she felt , would remain with her for the rest of her life .
9 His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time .
10 For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time .
11 ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’
12 She knew that was one of many memories which would stay with her for the rest of her life .
13 She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died .
14 It would stay with her for the rest of her life .
15 Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while .
16 But the thought did n't stay with her for long .
17 By the time she reached Venice , they had had enough : ‘ they would not go with her for a hundred pound ’ , and left her on her own .
18 You can rely on her for that .
19 How he had intended that they should live with her for a while , and how his mother had a grudge against Bridget , and the terrible row they had had the previous night , and how they did n't know where they were going to live .
20 If someone like a model says yes , I 'm gorgeous , we can all pick on her for that , saying , oh yes she 's got those looks , but what a horrible person .
21 I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann .
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