Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] she for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while . |
| 2 | He knelt over her for a moment , tough and handsome in the candlelight , his eyes triumphant with the knowledge of desire on the verge of fulfilment , possessing her as only he could , then he was bending , lifting her into his arms , carrying her across the room , and she felt the sudden chill as the door opened and , wedging it awkwardly with his foot , he bundled her through it . |
| 3 | He seemed to stand over her for an eternity , about to strike . |
| 4 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 5 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 6 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 7 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 8 | He came from Cambridge , and I have n't heard of her for a number of years . |
| 9 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 10 | Iskandara had felt behind her for a chair back and now stood gripping it , her free hand clenched about the head of her stick . |
| 11 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 14 | And then he looked in her direction , smiled and waved over the woman 's shoulder , continued to talk to her for a few moments , then laid a hand on her arm for an instant and moved towards Helen . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He gapes at her for a moment , then chortles and slaps his thigh . |
| 17 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 20 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 21 | No , yeah I 'll come with you , you go off and stay with Joyce , look after her for a little while and let Kenneth sort things out ! |
| 22 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 23 | It did not occur to her for a moment that she might not be right . |
| 24 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 25 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Yet Mrs Thatcher 's unassailable , inaccessible image was explicitly fashioned by her for the media . |
| 28 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
| 29 | These sounds and sights of East Anglia , she felt , would remain with her for the rest of her life . |
| 30 | Having met Hermione Farthingale , David lived with her for a year . |