Example sentences of "[adv] her [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the late 1940s the Queen Mother had been the darling of National Hunt racing : it was largely her enthusiasm for the sport that raised its status from that of a poor relation to the Flat to , by the mid-1950s , a position of near equality — in popularity if not in the prize money available . |
| 2 | McAllister thought that when it was cooler , in the early evening , she might walk towards St Paul 's to see the sights there , and was content to sit , her feet on a tapestry-covered tuffet , finishing off her embroidery for the bazaar ; she was astonished to find how much she was looking forward to it . |
| 3 | It would be really rather nice , she thought as she picked up her cases for the fiftieth time that day , if they could all stay together , though it was hardly likely . |
| 4 | For twenty years she saved up her money for the ‘ round trip ’ , and having been round the world , is now full of memories . |
| 5 | And she gave up her telly for the lounge . |
| 6 | With an official manner , a man loudly read out her crime for the crowd to hear . |
| 7 | She held out her hand for the Mills bombs . |
| 8 | Celia held out her hand for the paper . |
| 9 | Charity held out her hand for the file , and flipped it open . |
| 10 | In the dress rehearsal when she held out her finger for the ring he took her pulse . |
| 11 | How magically her love for the boys had developed into , contrasted with , reinforced her different but equally powerful passion for her daughters : how strange but inevitable had appeared the five-pointed constellation of their heroic family . |
| 12 | She 'd been so preoccupied with first the tragedy , and then her concern for the twins ' welfare , that she had n't given any thought to the future . |