Example sentences of "[prep] she [conj] for a " in BNC.

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1 Then her arms went about him and there was a heat in her that for a moment matched his own .
2 The anticipation drained from her and for a moment she stood irresolute .
3 When Ariel gently lifted the old woman to move her to her own quarters up the path in the forest , Sycorax gave a huge cry , the folding of her body in Ariel 's arms shot fiery rivers of pain through her that for a while swallowed up all the others she suffered from her burns .
4 Apart from reviews , nothing seemed to have been written about her except for a sympathetic article by Richard Strachey in the London Mercury .
5 And it seemed to her that for a moment his eyes ensnared her , as though he had reached out a hand and taken hold of her .
6 They looked at her and for a time no one said anything .
7 He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do .
8 Georg looked at her and for a moment she thought he was going to grab her , thought he was going to cry himself , but he suddenly stormed out of the dairy and began to stride up towards the lower pasture .
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