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

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1 The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her .
2 It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood .
3 It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own .
4 Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day .
5 I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why .
6 ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’
7 Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her .
8 As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick .
9 The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval .
10 Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time .
11 George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more .
12 Yet Mrs Thatcher 's unassailable , inaccessible image was explicitly fashioned by her for the media .
13 These sounds and sights of East Anglia , she felt , would remain with her for the rest of her life .
14 She knew that was one of many memories which would stay with her for the rest of her life .
15 It would stay with her for the rest of her life .
16 It was all right for Piers : he had played with her for the hell of it , while making no bones about telling her that she was little more than a convenient body .
17 Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend .
18 It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money .
19 Eva already had the uniforms she had brought with her for the youth congress .
20 She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’
21 The county court judge gave judgment for the mother in an action brought by her for the £1 per week based upon the father 's undertaking .
22 She knew that this would be a black cloud hanging over her for the rest of her working life .
23 She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth .
24 When she reached it , she felt behind her for the handle .
25 He should have remained with her for the hunting , devil take it , instead of going to his friend Woolacombe !
26 I knew that she now expected me to live with her for the rest of her days .
27 He looked at her for the first time with real unease .
28 He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done .
29 Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time .
30 Cheryl looked at her for the first time .
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