Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be eased by talking of her daughter , and by the time she stopped , apologetically , and drank some tea poured for her by Catherine , she looked exhausted but less like a wraith . |
| 2 | The Queen 's speech at the opening of parliament is of course written for her by the government of the day . |
| 3 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 4 | She sorted out the in-tray left for her by Miss Coldharbour : audio tapes for Canon Wheeler , drafts for Miss Coldharbour and a plain manilla folder marked ‘ urgent ’ . |
| 5 | It seemed so strange to find no Sambo waiting for her in the hall . |
| 6 | ‘ Is that the one whose husband went for her with a chopper ? ’ |
| 7 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 8 | Purchased during that mad shopping trip at Bloomingdales , the minuscule garment in watery shades of blue and green had been by far the most decent item among the swimwear items bought for her by Ross . |
| 9 | In late September , she killed a dog , and 300 local people signed a petition calling for her to be removed . |
| 10 | To symbolise her new life , her new role defined for her by the male rule-makers of society , a girl may even be given a new name on marriage . |
| 11 | Aunt Emily sent for her after breakfast . |
| 12 | Henry II 's mistress , is told by CD in A Child 's History of England : ‘ It relates how the King doted on fair Rosamond … and how he had a beautiful Bower built for her in a Park at Woodstock ; and how it was erected in a labyrinth , and could only be found by a clue of silk . |
| 13 | She 's singing ‘ More ’ , a torch song written for her by Stephen Sondheim , a haunting , soul-wrenching tale of unrequited love . |
| 14 | She was floating along the aisle of a dimly lit church , the only reality the beautiful white dress she was wearing and the man waiting for her at the altar , and even he was shrouded in a mist , preventing her from seeing his face . |
| 15 | At the end of the bed was a small card-table which Changez bought for her as a wedding present ; I 'd carried it back from a local junk shop . |
| 16 | Maggie burst into tears at the sight of the house and the small familiar crowd waiting for her outside the wooden gate of the garden . |
| 17 | Why were some men waiting for her on the night she died ? |
| 18 | An old lady descends from the black branches of the fire escape every morning and wearily gathers it all up and clambers home with it in paper bags : the food left for her by the birds . |
| 19 | The arrival of the carrack and the news of her betrothal was now well known in the barony , and the valedictory Mass said for her in the church of St James in Dingle was attended by the town Sovereign and the local dignitaries and as many of the working folk of Dingle and the surrounding villages as could find kneeling space in the church . |
| 20 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 21 | Emma Johnson , Sir Charles Groves , and the ASV team seemed eminently satisfied with the results , and afterwards the soloist went on to speak of her growing involvement with contemporary music , notably the new concerto written for her by Michael Berkeley . |
| 22 | Another is a concerto written for her by the British composer Derek Bourgeois . |
| 23 | Struggling into yet another of the brief garments bought for her by Ross — her trembling fingers fumbling awkwardly with the small scraps of material — Laura dearly wished that she had the courage to chicken out of the whole affair . |
| 24 | After the stridency and aggression of the school , the hate-mail , she was happy to find her temporary asylum in this gentle household where voices were never raised , where no one obsessively analysed her every sentence in the hope of detecting racist , sexist or fascist undertones , where words meant what they had meant for generations , where obscenities were unknown or at least unspoken , where there was the grace of good order symbolized for her in Mr Copley 's reading of the Church 's daily offices , Morning Prayer and Evensong . |
| 25 | She had changed into some clothes brought for her by a clerk who had been sent out with a handful of roubles to a nearby shop . |
| 26 | In the far north-east and Karnchatka a common marriage practice was the residence of the husband in the family of his bride for a certain period of time , in order to pay for her by performing work for the family . |
| 27 | ‘ That was why , when she showed promise as an artist , my mother-in-law arranged for her to be trained in Paris — and even provided money for the purpose . ’ |
| 28 | Her mother fought for her to be educated at school like other children . |
| 29 | She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave . |
| 30 | Lucy Telford drove at a steady pace , her mind occupied by the task set for her by Aunt Bertha . |