Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it is an artists ' book of the first order , the making of which has been managed from beginning to end by the artist herself , thereby satisfying her desire for creative control over every aspect of its production . |
| 2 | After a delicious dinner , Lady Thorneycroft proposed the Loyal Toast , then the Chairman Lady Walters made a speech thanking her team for all their hard work in making the evening such a tremendous success . |
| 3 | It seemed to Kelly that she was trying to catch her eye for some reason . |
| 4 | This Jessica woman — he assumed it must be Jessica , he 'd never heard her name for sure until tonight — had been in danger of getting her face poked down her throat , was all . |
| 5 | Devastated , Charles was determined not to lose her love for good . |
| 6 | I 'll make her pay for that later . |
| 7 | Helen Harvey of the Lord Todd has received her presentation for ten years with CCG . |
| 8 | The point about a woman using her uterus for financial gain poses two problems . |
| 9 | He laughed , a bitter sound that made her ache for all the pain it conveyed . |
| 10 | To thank her guru for this kind gesture , she invited a group of four Sikh priests from her gurdwara to come and say some prayers in her garden . |
| 11 | Amanda claims she got her eye for good antique furniture from her grandfather . |
| 12 | For her part Thatcher reiterated her support for rapid admission of the new East European democracies to the EC ( many observers suggested that she saw enlargement as a way of halting moves towards EC political and monetary union ) . |
| 13 | In a very short space of time , she had demolished two more such beef sandwiches supplied by Mr Beckenham , with the addition of a large slice of pie , the whole washed down with gulps of water in between , only so that she might clear her mouth for more food . |
| 14 | and yet you see these days they would give her treatment for that |
| 15 | She blames her mother for this and sees it as a sign of inferiority , thus experiencing penis envy and transfers her affections to her father as he has the penis she wants . |
| 16 | Apart from the fact that she believed her teeth to be on the point of falling out , she had not had her period for several weeks and was afraid that she was barren . |
| 17 | It is also argued that it is inconsistent with human dignity that a woman should use her uterus for financial profit and treat it as an incubator for someone else 's child . ’ |
| 18 | It was ironic to realise she 'd once come close to despising her mother for that frailty , when she was battling hard now not to fall into the same trap herself . |
| 19 | She could contain her dislike for this character for a few days , could n't she ? |
| 20 | She had timed her arrival for half an hour after the party was due to commence , calculating that this would find the host and hostess busy with other guests , leaving her free to mingle and , with any luck , to slip away early . |
| 21 | Upon each occasion the contact was only fleeting and he was careful to leave her longing for more . |
| 22 | Clara often thought that Mrs Maugham 's attitudes towards the television typified her whole moral outlook ; before acquiring it , she had considered it infinitely vulgar and debased ; after acquiring it she considered all those without it as highbrows , intellectual snobs , or paupers , while still managing to retain her scorn for all those who had had it before the precisely tasteful , worthy and perceptive moment at which she had herself succumbed to its charms . |
| 23 | She 'll want me to give her money for that wretched foundation of hers . ’ |
| 24 | She loved her great-aunt for many reasons . |
| 25 | Her research on Artemesia continued and having her idea for this play excepted by Soho Poly 's Blueprint young writers programme gave her the chance to take the play into its performance phase by Workstage |
| 26 | When she 'd been doing her research for this article she 'd talked to various other people in the City regarding Laura Wyndham 's expertise in her job , and they had all agreed on one thing — she was at the very top of her profession . |
| 27 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
| 28 | Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends . |
| 29 | A CARE assistant last night lost her claim for unfair dismissal against Europe 's biggest private nursing home . |
| 30 | On one occasion , it began to go up when she wanted to go down ; another time , it refused to open and kept her prisoner for half an hour . |