Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | An order had been placed with her for ‘ Charlie ’ — a code word for cocaine — in a call made through the main Palace switchboard . |
| 2 | She lost pearls that had been given to her for her 21st birthday . |
| 3 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
| 4 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 5 | Yeah well he 's been looking after her for , for years ai n't he ? |
| 6 | Those fantasies that had protected her from real life , that beautiful , unpolluted world of the Lock with its seals and its childhood memories of her father and that other glossy , television world that she imagined people like Simon inhabited , had been ruined for her for ever . |
| 7 | Once Celie finds out her sister was still alive and had been writing to her for all this time but she had not received any letters because Albert had intercepted the letters , she stopped writing to God . |
| 8 | Craig had been staying with her for some weeks now and she had grown used to seeing him there in her kitchen . |
| 9 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 10 | They 'll let me in. — I 've been doing for her for years . ’ |
| 11 | Maria 's sister is ill , so she will be staying with her for a few days . ’ |
| 12 | The comments on recommendations which relate to the responsibilities of my hon. Friend the Minister for Health will be passed to her for examination . |
| 13 | Since nothing seemed to be required of her for the present , Robbie thought , it would do no harm to lean back , just for a moment , and allow her heavy eyelids to have their own way . |
| 14 | But she did believe that her revelations had not been bestowed upon her for herself but for everybody . |
| 15 | Bales of material of every type and hue were spread before her for her approval . |
| 16 | I were talking to her for about half an hour . |
| 17 | Erm Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 18 | Erm , Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 19 | ‘ I expect she realizes now that Prince Edward is lost to her for ever ! ’ |
| 20 | He 's lived with her for six years but can only describe her job vaguely , as ‘ something in administration ’ . |
| 21 | Unusually , no blame is attached to her for the outcome . |
| 22 | And it makes sense : Ivor 's been married to her for years — he 'd need a good , strong reason to go . ’ |
| 23 | Last I heard she was living with her for . |
| 24 | Signora ! ’ as a ripe fruit or some trinket or other was thrust before her for her inspection . |
| 25 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 26 | He was looking at her for help — he was pleading , through his fury , for the assistance of his sister … it was just that , in his youth , he could not control the emotion in his face , and she quivered with the imagined rage , only now recognizing the desperation in his eyes . |
| 27 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 28 | The discovery of her father 's history of abuse is not only a personal tragedy to Miss X. Resale of the family home means she has missed out financially because the house , valued at £32,500 , was purchased by her for only £14,625 after a standard 55 per cent discount was made . |