Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 2 | ‘ And , Herr Busacher , I think something must be done about her costumes for the other productions . |
| 3 | However she never lost control , giving polite but non-committal answers to endless questions about her feelings for the Prince . |
| 4 | BUSINESSWOMAN Louise I'Anson spent one day a week for five weeks attending council-run courses and has emerged feeling even more confident about her plans for the future . |
| 5 | Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic . |
| 6 | She never bought more , nor less , than she would need for her housekeeping for the next 24 hours . |
| 7 | And the woman respected for her concern for the sick and deprived is told : ‘ Not to love is not to live , or it is to live a living death . |
| 8 | She had previously won the Oloman-Ellis Award ( see page : 109 ) and been elected a Grand Councillor both for her work for the BDA in her own branch — Leeds — and region — North Regional Council — , on the national executive , As editor of a Newsletter and of hundreds of " Congress Bulletins " , and as fund-raiser extraordinary for deaf sporting activities . |
| 9 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
| 10 | She washed quickly , the water barely lukewarm , but the tepid water helped clear her muzzy head , and she began running through her plans for the day — if she kept herself busy she could avoid the drink . |
| 11 | She wandered through to the kitchen to get her bag , and checked through her notes for the name and address of the Rose Bowl 's usual wholesaler . |
| 12 | Oh , one houseywife had no knickers , but had improvised her skirt between her legs for the benefit of the television cameras . |
| 13 | 7.00 a.m. : rise from a bed in an open dormitory shared with five or six other girls ; 7.30 : breakfast , followed by bedmaking ; 8.30 : early morning lacrosse practice or running round the lake ; 9.00 : chapel ; 9.20 : three periods of lessons or prep ; 11.20 : break for buns and milk ; 11.40 : two periods of lessons or prep ; 1.00 : lunch ; 1.40 approximately : a house meeting in which each of thirty-six girls had to inform the housemistress of her activities for the afternoon , and other house business was discussed ; 2.00 : lacrosse ( tennis , cricket , running ) or , if the weather was bad , country dancing , or , with luck , a shampoo ; 3.20 : wash and change into non-uniform clothes ; 3.45 : tea ; 4.00 : four periods of lessons or prep ; 6.40 : house prayers ; 7.00 : supper ; 8.00 or 8.30 , depending on age : half an hour to be spent in chitchat with the housemistress in her room ; 8.30 or 9.00 : bathtime followed by bedtime . |
| 14 | The smaller girl was already quietly repeating the words of her song for the twentieth time . |
| 15 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 16 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta has been talking of her concern for the victims of Aids . |
| 17 | THE Queen has spoken of her concern for the environment while praising the Sultan of Brunei for his work in protecting his country 's rainforests . |
| 18 | A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months . |
| 19 | She was beside herself , shouting at the top of her voice for the second time that day . |
| 20 | She had made no secret of her admiration for the mysterious Miguelito . |
| 21 | One of her fears for the future of white water rodeos is that they almost inevitably will become more serious competitions and less friendly . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the girlfriend of PC Williamson has spoken of her hate for the killers . |
| 23 | The majority of exhibits have been borrowed from private collections , many of which Dr Barnett has unearthed in the course of her researches for the books and she has chosen works which exemplify Kandinsky 's mastery of technique and his experimentation with processes such as stencil and spray technique ( diluted watercolour sprayed onto paper with an atomizer or blowpipe ) . |
| 24 | She tells Hello ! of her wishes for the baby : ‘ One is that everything goes well at the birth . |
| 25 | In truth she had done remarkably well staying out of her clutches for the past three days , but then , she reflected ruefully , Adam had kept his promise , staying practically glued to her side . |
| 26 | In addition , the Treasury has offered an ex gratia payment of £580 to Ms Anouschka Zagorski , studying law at King 's College , London , to reimburse the cost of her fees for the last academic year . |
| 27 | One of her contributions for the home-baking stall came labelled ‘ with love from Helen ’ . |
| 28 | Charles felt fairly confident of her safety for the time being . |
| 29 | Alan Watkin won all his games for Admirals , while Elaine Simpson was only one point short of her maximum for the visitors . |
| 30 | The teacher running the course checked out materials in the library as part of her planning for the course . |