Example sentences of "[vb -s] her [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has never been to the Caribbean in her life , but most of her friends are black British : to their companionship she owes her aptitude for talking Creole . |
| 2 | At least she has her family for support and company , and losing some of her friends and social outlets might be less damaging to her than to her single sister . |
| 3 | Notably , she reserves her criticism for Lombroso — not by any means , at the time she was writing , the only person to have made the connection — remarking that his method was merely one of ‘ heaping up instances which support his thesis ’ . |
| 4 | Janine Carr ( pictured below ) , from Bedhampton , receives her cheque for £200 and a Reebok footwear and clothing contract from Reebok technical advisor , Kevin Gilchrist , as her reward for winning the girls ' 16 and under section of the 15 tournament Reebok Grand Prix Grand Prix , 1991 . |
| 5 | Sam sues her father for £1m |
| 6 | The Duchess of York says her work for the Motor Neurone Disease Association saved her sanity after she was pictured topless on holiday with financial advisor John Bryan . |
| 7 | Maureen says her priority for homes is comfort and light — her own abode is a ‘ mixture of old and new ’ — and she champions individual taste over trendiness . |
| 8 | One example of how she uses her position for the good of the game , and for others , occurred in October when , suffering from a painful wrist injury and against her doctor 's advice , she played an exhibition , not for personal gain , but to raise money for multiple sclerosis . |
| 9 | She uses her car for company business ( about 2,000 miles a year ) and it is also available for her private use . |
| 10 | The girl envies the penis of boys , and blames her mother for not giving her one . |
| 11 | She blames her mother for this and sees it as a sign of inferiority , thus experiencing penis envy and transfers her affections to her father as he has the penis she wants . |
| 12 | She also shows her bias for Bassanio in the music she plays when he is choosing the caskets . |
| 13 | A woman shows her support for the South West Africa People 's Organisation ( Swapo ) at an election rally in Windhoek . |
| 14 | She takes her greyhound for walks , and the animal becomes , tactfully , briefly , for half a paragraph or so , something more than just a dog . |
| 15 | Is a defendant who fails even to consider that a woman might not be consenting still to be acquitted if he takes her consent for granted ? |
| 16 | Also , perhaps , that sometimes at night , she finds her crying for the starving of Africa or unable to sleep with the terror of the possibility of nuclear war or desperately seeking a denial of the reality of the horror of the Holocaust . |
| 17 | In a postscript Eliza somewhat enigmatically mentions her pregnancy for the first time : |
| 18 | One of the artistes , Mrs. Mills , abandons her piano for No. 1 . |
| 19 | Leapor also expresses her distaste for flattery in ‘ Advice to Myrtillo ’ . |
| 20 | Perry taps the needle one last time , taps her arm for veins and injects the syringe into a bruise . |
| 21 | And as her pregnancy advances her need for insulin will gradually increase . |
| 22 | She had a number of very enthusiastic friends who did the research and , and generally assisted her , but everybody gives her credit for , not only working in New York , but it actually was not Federal legislation , they had to work state by state . |
| 23 | Since 1981 she has been feature-writing for the bi-monthly alumni magazine of the University of Massachusetts , which gives her scope for science reporting and reporting on contemporary issues . |
| 24 | This fine psychological portrait becomes especially poignant in the final scene , in which Eliza declares her affection for him and he , though deeply moved , is incapable of responding . |
| 25 | He confesses his past mistakes to his daughter who reaffirms her love for him and then , at the close of the play , he retires to the shade of a beech tree and dies . |
| 26 | She may even find , if a relationship has been a particularly draining one , that this brings sweet relief and restores her zest for life . |
| 27 | I suppose it serves her right for not reading THE FACE . |
| 28 | Deee-magical : Lady Miss Kier , the Love Ball fairy , struts her stuff for Aids charities |
| 29 | Cool capable Kate the British Committee librarian confronts Kate the embryonic hysteric , catches her eye for a moment and grimaces with a bitter self-directed humour . |
| 30 | The till girl mouths her request for identity . |