Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] her [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning . |
| 2 | Jezrael leaped at the man in a balletic kick , somersaulting as the back of his neck snagged her foot for a second . |
| 3 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 4 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | PETRA KRONBERGER begins her campaign for a fourth consecutive title when the women 's World Cup Alpine ski season opens in Park City , Utah , this weekend . |
| 6 | His eloquence was somewhat impaired by the presence on the bed of the current mistress , the Roman Catholic Duchess of Portsmouth , but eventually he succeeded in having her removed and in persuading the King to send for the Queen to seek her forgiveness for the wrongs he had done her ; the King however kept putting off the administration of the Holy Sacrament , and Ken was removed from the room in Charles 's last hours as he was received into the Roman Catholic Church by a priest smuggled into the palace by his brother and successor , James II . |
| 7 | The till girl mouths her request for identity . |
| 8 | TV campaigner Esther Rantzen was tonight announcing a political initiative to back her call for a nationwide witness protection programme . |
| 9 | Throughout the 1970S , this delightful village was the priority holiday venue of my wife and myself , a kind friend providing her cottage for our annual visits : always we arrived in eager anticipation and departed with reluctance . |
| 10 | A CARE assistant last night lost her claim for unfair dismissal against Europe 's biggest private nursing home . |
| 11 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 12 | A woman who was repeatedly beaten and humiliated by her husband has gone to the Appeal Court to have her conviction for his murder overturned . |
| 13 | She gave Eva plenty of scope to prepare her mind for the whole matter of the interpretation of the gospel in Africa , and how to make the good news relevant in a non-Christian environment . |
| 14 | An aunt lent her house for the occasion , my mother did most of the cooking helped by my sister , and my mother-in-law baked the cake . |
| 15 | The point about a woman using her uterus for financial gain poses two problems . |
| 16 | A woman shows her support for the South West Africa People 's Organisation ( Swapo ) at an election rally in Windhoek . |
| 17 | He jerked her case upright , tight-lipped , and put it by the door for her , but relaxed in exasperated pity as he watched her start to check her handbag for the third time . |
| 18 | One had the feeling that she was happy enough just to let her racket do her talking for her … |
| 19 | Will the operation prolong her life for — say — two or three more years ? ’ |
| 20 | The goddess of the river left her pillow for the great Prince of Wei . |
| 21 | If Robbie had needed any reason to deepen her dislike for his girlfriend that was it . |
| 22 | She may be going to St Petersburg next summer to do her thesis for Harvard . ’ |
| 23 | And she had obviously been right to guess that her assistant possessed more initiative than her current employer gave her credit for . |
| 24 | no money and she said she 'd got , she 'd got a loan from the bank to pay her mummy for her |
| 25 | Anne listened quietly , her expression revealing her sympathy for Robyn . |
| 26 | The small shock of surprise disturbed her judgement for a moment , and the awareness of feeling and looking disconcerted inclined her to resent him , and to look for and find impudence in an approach which would have seemed perfectly excusable in a resident scholar . |
| 27 | I had seen that look somewhere before , and memory suggested two pictures : one was from an old history book and showed Marie Antoinette on her way to the guillotine — ‘ The Queen went forth , stately and calm ’ ; , the other ( ‘ Tales from over the Border ’ ) showed a beautiful girl withdrawing modestly while a Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage . |
| 28 | The inspector for the school explained her support for this proposal . |
| 29 | In fact she went out of her way to show her support for the people who had contributed to it . |
| 30 | Less than a week later , an opportunity to assuage her desire for knowledge presented itself . |