Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm caught , I 'll say I was lifting her for myself . ’ |
| 2 | The examination under anaesthesia without consent is inexplicable ( unless it was to punish her for having refused examination when conscious ) . |
| 3 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 4 | Barbara Newington from Connecticut remembered shaking hands effusively with Reagan at the beginning and end of her audience , and each of them saying thank you to the other ; but precisely what she was thanking him for , and what he was thanking her for , neither said . |
| 5 | Privately , Robbie considered he was over-reacting , that he was blaming her for his own inability to work today . |