Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] her for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 2 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 3 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 4 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 5 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 6 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 7 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 8 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 9 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 10 | But you 're , you 're getting a cup of tea to be we went up through took her for a walk |
| 11 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 12 | Confuse a waitress by asking her for a Big Mac and chips ? |