Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be eased by talking of her daughter , and by the time she stopped , apologetically , and drank some tea poured for her by Catherine , she looked exhausted but less like a wraith . |
| 2 | The Queen 's speech at the opening of parliament is of course written for her by the government of the day . |
| 3 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 4 | She sorted out the in-tray left for her by Miss Coldharbour : audio tapes for Canon Wheeler , drafts for Miss Coldharbour and a plain manilla folder marked ‘ urgent ’ . |
| 5 | It seemed so strange to find no Sambo waiting for her in the hall . |
| 6 | ‘ Is that the one whose husband went for her with a chopper ? ’ |
| 7 | In late September , she killed a dog , and 300 local people signed a petition calling for her to be removed . |
| 8 | To symbolise her new life , her new role defined for her by the male rule-makers of society , a girl may even be given a new name on marriage . |
| 9 | She 's singing ‘ More ’ , a torch song written for her by Stephen Sondheim , a haunting , soul-wrenching tale of unrequited love . |
| 10 | She was floating along the aisle of a dimly lit church , the only reality the beautiful white dress she was wearing and the man waiting for her at the altar , and even he was shrouded in a mist , preventing her from seeing his face . |
| 11 | Maggie burst into tears at the sight of the house and the small familiar crowd waiting for her outside the wooden gate of the garden . |
| 12 | An old lady descends from the black branches of the fire escape every morning and wearily gathers it all up and clambers home with it in paper bags : the food left for her by the birds . |
| 13 | The arrival of the carrack and the news of her betrothal was now well known in the barony , and the valedictory Mass said for her in the church of St James in Dingle was attended by the town Sovereign and the local dignitaries and as many of the working folk of Dingle and the surrounding villages as could find kneeling space in the church . |
| 14 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 15 | Emma Johnson , Sir Charles Groves , and the ASV team seemed eminently satisfied with the results , and afterwards the soloist went on to speak of her growing involvement with contemporary music , notably the new concerto written for her by Michael Berkeley . |
| 16 | Another is a concerto written for her by the British composer Derek Bourgeois . |
| 17 | After the stridency and aggression of the school , the hate-mail , she was happy to find her temporary asylum in this gentle household where voices were never raised , where no one obsessively analysed her every sentence in the hope of detecting racist , sexist or fascist undertones , where words meant what they had meant for generations , where obscenities were unknown or at least unspoken , where there was the grace of good order symbolized for her in Mr Copley 's reading of the Church 's daily offices , Morning Prayer and Evensong . |
| 18 | In the far north-east and Karnchatka a common marriage practice was the residence of the husband in the family of his bride for a certain period of time , in order to pay for her by performing work for the family . |
| 19 | ‘ That was why , when she showed promise as an artist , my mother-in-law arranged for her to be trained in Paris — and even provided money for the purpose . ’ |
| 20 | Her mother fought for her to be educated at school like other children . |
| 21 | Lucy Telford drove at a steady pace , her mind occupied by the task set for her by Aunt Bertha . |
| 22 | She caught a glimpse of her mother watching for her through the window , before the net curtain dropped . |