Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun sg] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was she telling him this , reliving her humiliation for his vicarious enjoyment ? |
| 2 | The more she heard , the greater became her respect for his views , and the lower her spirits sank . |
| 3 | Fran lifted her face for his kiss , holding him tightly , never wanting him to let her go again . |
| 4 | He moved towards her , and instinctively she lifted her face for his kiss . |
| 5 | Slipping off his dressing-gown , she slid between the sheets and lifted her face for his kiss with the guileless trust of a child . |
| 6 | She lifted her face for his kiss , groaning in soft satisfaction as his mouth claimed hers . |
| 7 | Katherine turned her cheek for his kiss , and them immediately ushered both children towards the dining room . |
| 8 | Everything he had done that had seemed at all kind had been part of a plan to make her face her past for his mother 's sake . |
| 9 | Well aware of the danger of losing British goodwill , the Emperor had instructed the Empress , who was acting as Regent during his absence at the head of the French Army , to write to Queen Victoria in an attempt to mollify her alarm and , if possible , to enlist her support for his policies . |
| 10 | If Robbie had needed any reason to deepen her dislike for his girlfriend that was it . |
| 11 | Emily paced around the book-lined study and blamed her father for his hostile attitude to Craig . |
| 12 | She put her name forward to the chairman of the local party only to find later that he had approached her father to get his consent then double-checked by asking her husband for his permission too . |
| 13 | Rachel , lifting her face for his kiss , did n't feel inclined to argue . |
| 14 | A woman who was repeatedly beaten and humiliated by her husband has gone to the Appeal Court to have her conviction for his murder overturned . |
| 15 | Desperately she searched her memory for his exact words , but they had drifted away like the steam that had stolen her senses . |
| 16 | Yet the argument that she sacrificed her art for his is as stupid as the argument about who influenced whom . |