Example sentences of "[vb infin] she for a " in BNC.

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1 The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House .
2 This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph .
3 I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded .
4 Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’
5 ‘ 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 ? ’
6 He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while .
7 ‘ Well now , I could see her for a moment .
8 Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while .
9 I did n't believe her for a minute but I did n't see what I could do .
10 She let the stranger touch her for a minute , and then the woman bent and kissed her on the cheek .
11 It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat .
12 After supper , Louise would leave Nora to herself until the nine o'clock news and then she would join her for a nightcap .
13 He vowed that when they returned in the summer he would take her for a holiday .
14 He said to Mariana , ‘ I 'll take her for a few minutes .
15 Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon .
16 Did he take her for a fool ?
17 With a figure like that one would hardly take her for a chips and stodge consumer .
18 Shall we take her for a walk ?
19 So as I can take her for a ride and back .
20 Can I have her for a minute ?
21 Can I have her for a minute ?
22 He did n't answer her for a moment ; when he did , it was quietly .
23 ‘ Scheduling , ’ he repeated blandly with a patience that did n't fool her for an instant .
24 ‘ Paine is right … the French are right … long live the French ! … use their heads instead of pigs ’ bladders … put her in the Marshalsea and do n't feed her for a week … see her prettiness then … ’
25 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 .
26 They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care .
27 Iain did n't notice her for a while , but eventually it dawned on him that the blur in the corner of his eye was n't just a blob of grease on his eyelash .
28 A man might love her for a month or two .
29 You yourself may come and visit her for an hour once a month .
30 It would last her for a few days .
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