Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] her for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll want to see her for sure . ’ |
| 2 | And almost before he had finished speaking , his mouth forced itself over hers in a kiss that was clearly designed to punish her for that last remark . |
| 3 | It seems that she had fallen in love with him but she " did n't know where I was at all " with him ; he would be most affectionate towards her and then , for no apparent reason , seemed to avoid her for protracted periods . |
| 4 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 5 | The rest of the team is going to miss her and and we 'd like to thank her for all her hard work ( including proof-reading ! ) and now we need a volunteer to join us ! |
| 6 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 7 | But I enjoyed your tte — tte with Naomi in that choochy little patisserie , although I 'd like to smack her for one or two of her remarks . ’ |
| 8 | Two days later , Clare 's mind was unexpectedly diverted from her personal problems — no job , no man — when the CND office telephoned to ask her for voluntary evening help : they were organizing another protest after a nuclear accident . |
| 9 | The geography of Boiotia might to a shallow observer seem to suit her for naval hegemony . |
| 10 | I had to get one bag I did n't like to ask her for two . |
| 11 | He wondered how much it would cost to buy her for half an hour . |
| 12 | Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East . |
| 13 | He decided to smack her for this . |
| 14 | St Matthew 's seems to suit her for some reason . |
| 15 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 16 | For once Miss Coldharbour had looked uncomfortable and said she 'd have to ask Canon Wheeler , from which Julia had inferred that they had hoped to get her for free . |
| 17 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 18 | They had been trying to contact her for several days . |
| 19 | ‘ Can you bear to have her for longer ? ’ |