Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun pl] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even as Elizabeth Mowbray was finalising her plans for departure , Fate intervened . |
| 2 | Diana regularly asked her flatmates for advice on how she should conduct her romance . |
| 3 | A priestess of Isis , the beautiful Ayesha had broken her vows for love of a Greek soldier Kallikrates who , in his turn , was in danger because of his love for the Egyptian princess Amenartas . |
| 4 | As France made her preparations for war , it was relatively simple for her to make an alliance with Austria against Prussia and it also turned out to be surprisingly easy to draw Russia into this alliance . |
| 5 | The Night Superintendent clapped her hands for silence . |
| 6 | The sun might be going down , but she had no need of its heat to stimulate her feelings for Fen Marshall . |
| 7 | After attacking Fiona and leaving her for dead , he later returned and repeatedly slashed her throat , ignoring her pleas for mercy . |
| 8 | The volume of the music muffled the sounds of the attack , and no-one heard her screams for help . |
| 9 | ‘ Keep out of my way , ’ she would tell her , and the little creature would creep into a corner , her drawers dangling below her scarlet backside , stifling her sobs for fear of worse to come . |
| 10 | Born in Central Asia , raised in Siberia , Zhanna became a vital figure in Moscow 's new wave after failing her exams for Theatre College and joining rockabilly group Bravo . |
| 11 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 12 | Swapping her stilettoes for court shoes |
| 13 | Louisa rubbed her hands for warmth . |
| 14 | Jacqueline Hamilton , 41 , also claims the police have ignored her pleas for help . |
| 15 | At least this one is punctual , she told herself , quickly checking her appearance in a full-length mirror before , mentally crossing her fingers for luck , she hurried through the living-room to answer the door . |