Example sentences of "[adj] she [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 2 | Apart from the cat she was going to spay , no other clients came in , but there was a telephone call from someone who wanted to know how much she charged for a booster injection . |
| 3 | The Pytchley , under Mr. George Payne , gave her two brushes — and three rousing cheers , for she enjoyed the first day 's hunting with them so much she stayed for a second . |
| 4 | However , when he later became drowsy she telephoned for an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 5 | From 1915 to 1922 she was chairman of the Women 's International League for Peace , which aimed to harness feminism to the peace movement ; and throughout World War I she campaigned for a negotiated peace and the establishment of an international peace-keeping organization . |