Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy Ashcroft duly got her gong for playing Lilian , 50 years in the bin , but She 's Been Away was considerably more than a kind of Rain Woman ; a vehicle for acting technique . |
| 2 | it is an artists ' book of the first order , the making of which has been managed from beginning to end by the artist herself , thereby satisfying her desire for creative control over every aspect of its production . |
| 3 | Anyway we 've only got her word for the whole story . |
| 4 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 5 | Obviously taking her silence for agreement , he gave a little snort of disgust . |
| 6 | At first the Jones said that there was nothing Olwyn liked enough to change her behaviour for and that punishment meant absolutely nothing to her . |
| 7 | Mrs Coleridge may have felt that the Blue Coat School would best prepare her son for the clerical career John Coleridge had wished him to follow . |
| 8 | He would persuade her that he loved her , ask her to promise to run away with him if her father refused his consent to their marriage , and , when he finally asked her father for her hand , threaten him with the prospect of his daughter 's elopement — he and Jared Tunstall both knew how self-willed his daughter was , and that any threat from her would not be idle . |
| 9 | He suggested she develop an interest of her own , generously allowing her space for something else , when all her heart and mind was his forever and ever , amen . |
| 10 | He had no doubt that it was something devious , and her tone indicated she had already made her choice for him . |
| 11 | The week of that first production of Luxembourg , Karl had been absolutely beastly to her — really hurtful about her performance as Juliette which , as she was desperately saving her voice for the other productions , she tended to talk her way through . |
| 12 | In a postscript Eliza somewhat enigmatically mentions her pregnancy for the first time : |
| 13 | She wanted somehow to have her mother for herself , but only so that she could reject her herself . |
| 14 | Nigel rather admired her talent for symbolism . |
| 15 | Maud salvaged him as usual by noticing nothing , and he mistakenly respected her instinct for dealing with his doldrums . |
| 16 | Mrs Hancock , the girl from the other side of the tracks , had always professed her love for the rough , tough ex-miner who made a fortune and espoused the most outlandish ideas . |
| 17 | She 'd already phoned home to check her answering-machine for messages , now she was free to head north . |
| 18 | I also checked her urine for sugar as she now had vaginal thrush although this was probably due to the antibiotics . |
| 19 | She also shows her bias for Bassanio in the music she plays when he is choosing the caskets . |
| 20 | Leapor also expresses her distaste for flattery in ‘ Advice to Myrtillo ’ . |
| 21 | Closing her eyes , she melted into his embrace , willingly parted her mouth for him — and she truly had n't known , until now , how many ways there were to kiss — or what a gloriously long time it would take to discover them all . |
| 22 | She wondered whether Philippa had really outgrown her passion for partially disabled men but she seemed oblivious of all this and sat like a springtime sprig in a bed of roses , contemplating her coincidental twin . |
| 23 | Mr Waldron has told the jury that McLean , who was a heavy drinker and took medication for angina , asthma and rheumatism , suffered from a mental abnormality which severely impaired her responsibility for her actions . |
| 24 | And I 'm sure she 's long ago forgiven her dad for the pain he unwittingly caused her . |
| 25 | Scarlet , when aware that she was consciously asking her friend for advice and support , felt guilty , for she had come to believe that advice and support were commodities for which you paid professionals , rather as you paid prostitutes for love and bought your vegetables instead of growing them yourself . |
| 26 | But she could sense when he was getting her ready for a match and stood like a statue , even dropping her head for him to clip her mane . |
| 27 | ‘ How can I not ? ’ he returned savagely , his hands on her shoulders stilling her and seemingly stopping her heart for an instant . |
| 28 | She gladly gave her blood for a substantial blood transfusion , and the patient was told after-wards by the doctor , ‘ You owe the fact that you are alive today to the crossing sweeper who first detected a movement in you when you were in the mortuary and then gave her blood for you . ’ |
| 29 | In Haworth Shed restoration projects were dearly making progress , especially 80002 the Standard class 4MT 264 tank while , at the other extreme 43924 the sole surviving Midland Railway 4F 260 was silently waiting her turn for overhaul . |
| 30 | Marina then blamed her husband for the act and this revived interest in the sudden death of Bacon 's mother , Ann , at Stamford in May 1855 . |