Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for her [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play .
2 Her contact had n't said whether Haminh lived alone or not , and without definite information Fox was not about to risk waiting for her inside her room .
3 And however much she loves her mother , the daughter who has undertaken to care for her in her old age is , in some instances , taking on one of the toughest and loneliest jobs on earth .
4 ‘ Let me do that for you , ’ he said , for it did not seem fitting for her to be pouring out drinks .
5 The realisation of her feelings for Rourke had come as a shock , the more so because there was no chance he would ever come to care for her in return .
6 She could n't guess why Sandra Kettering in her detailed instructions had arranged for her to be there and for that mistake to be made .
7 I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital .
8 The girl was glued to the spot , terror-struck , pop-eyed , quivering , knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last .
9 Benny had picked up Eve 's handbag , a small cheap plastic one which Mother Francis had bought for her in Peggy Pine 's shop as a going-to-Dublin present a few weeks ago .
10 She was kneeling in front of a case of fine linen which Burun had brought for her from Kinsai .
11 Brought up in the ethic of duty , this was hard for Jane to get used to , but when she broke out into the sunshine , it was all the more joyous , and she thanked God , or Nature , or Fate , or whatever power there is , that it had happened for her in her lifetime .
12 She 's only been here two weekends , and none of us had worked for her in the past …
13 While I made sure the fire was safe she drank a sort of gruel which her home help had left for her in a Thermos .
14 The pictures Mark had created for her of the Nuremberg trials figured in her dreams and so did the bomb sites of war-torn London .
15 She arranged her armful of books on the shelf Thérèse had cleared for her in the corner above the camp-bed .
16 It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone .
17 He had waited for her in the forests that fringed Tara , his mind filled with light and hope , his body more fiercely aware than ever it had been in his entire life .
18 He went ahead of her to the concert hall , bought the tickets , and stood waiting for her in the foyer .
19 It was about two-thirty , however , when she had need to go for a file which Jimmy would , had he been there , have fetched for her in no time .
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