Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] her [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has not written up her data for publication . |
| 2 | Rachel gave a weak smile and lifted up her cup for more coffee . |
| 3 | Putting down the telephone , she tried to sort out her motive for promising to go out with Giles . |
| 4 | Taking a steady look at it , thought Nelly to herself , easing off her shoes for greater comfort , it was n't such a bad little house , and certainly very much more conveniently placed for shopping than her own cottage at Lulling Woods . |
| 5 | She had offered up her illness for her mother 's soul . |
| 6 | He shook out her hair for her , took his own comb from his pocket ( a gap-toothed , black comb , threaded with red hairs ) and combed it out . |
| 7 | Many of the grisliest stories about Nicu 's alleged brutal debauchery were attached to the gymnast , Nadia Comanecj , whom rumour had it that he claimed was ‘ state property ’ and that he even ripped out her nails for refusing his attentions . |
| 8 | To go up her place for a dinner party or something . |
| 9 | His presence made up her mind for her and she turned , brushing past him and heading towards a newspaper vendor who sat shivering behind his stall at the nearby entrance to a Metro station . |
| 10 | If Liza was still undecided , Celia made up her mind for her . |
| 11 | Before I could comment , a nurse came to fetch her to see Harry , and she went anxiously , calling over her shoulder for me to wait for her ; and when she returned half an hour later she looked dazed . |
| 12 | Their brightest personality , bringing in plenty of votes and therefore money , is a deputy who , under the professional name of Cicciolina , takes off her clothes for reward . |
| 13 | Molly announces , holding out her glass for what is obviously not the first refill . |
| 14 | ‘ The colandered Barbour , ’ said Ricky , holding out her coat for her . |
| 15 | She would have laid down her life for you . ’ |
| 16 | He heard Izz 's words again and again in his head : She would have laid down her life for you . |
| 17 | He remembered the words of Izz Huett : She would have laid down her life for you . |
| 18 | Once , she would have laid down her life for this man , and the memory of that devotion could still make her soul weep . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Graham Rice finds out her recipe for success |
| 21 | If possible , visit her last employer and find out her reason for leaving . |
| 22 | The bell probably cut short her conversation for almost at once he heard the telephone replaced and she called out : ‘ Who is that ? ’ |
| 23 | He took off her clothes for her , while she undid as many of his buttons as she could , and after that it was pure , undiluted , uncomplicated pleasure until they fell asleep in each other 's arms . |
| 24 | She was excited to see her grandfather and uncle , running to hold up her face for a kiss . |
| 25 | She kept up her calls for two years , while greeting Norma Todd as normal every day in the street . |
| 26 | Daphne Ledward picks out her favourites for us . |
| 27 | SEVEN years ago tomorrow , Carly Reich , a Siamese twin separated in a pioneering operation , gave up her fight for life . |
| 28 | And she gave up her telly for the lounge . |
| 29 | For twenty years she saved up her money for the ‘ round trip ’ , and having been round the world , is now full of memories . |
| 30 | She composed herself and outlined briefly her reasons for being on the island and Fernando listened , occasionally nodding . |