Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | FATAL attraction killer Susan Christie got her wish for justice yesterday — when her five-year jail term was increased to nine . |
| 2 | KATE HOWEY discovered her instinct for combat at primary school . |
| 3 | Now , with the hull of the ferry drumming a different note as the thrusters tuned up for docking , Jezrael-Ayesha felt her hatred for Nils give way to the fear in her . |
| 4 | Mrs McHugh said her work for reconciliation would continue : ‘ It 's good to see ordinary people come out today , especially in the wake of the bombings over the last few days . |
| 5 | Delia Sutherland searched her lap for the offers , the arguments , the good sense . |
| 6 | Sharpe caught her eye for a second , then turned away as Lucille ran to him . |
| 7 | Katherine turned her cheek for his kiss , and them immediately ushered both children towards the dining room . |
| 8 | World No 1 Monica Seles began her bid for a third consecutive title by crushing a hopelessly outclassed Nathalie Tauziat 6–1 , 6–2 . |
| 9 | Refreshed , exhilarated , I went next door again , the brandy bottle swinging from my hand , and made Selina curse her mother for ever giving her birth . |
| 10 | For three months Jeanne kept her love for Modigliani a secret from her family , went to Mass and appeared gentle and dutiful , if somewhat abstracted . |
| 11 | She had not had as many men as Karen gave her credit for , there was an element of blarney in all that , but there 'd been quite a number , had n't there ? |
| 12 | Trish voiced her support for the vice-presidential campaign of Gerlandine Ferraro . |
| 13 | Brooke-Rose used her facility for light , clever story-telling as a sort of sugar-coating with which to induce readers to swallow her less palatable conceptual material , but in most cases the pill was never digested because readers were accustomed to ‘ serious ’ novels being concerned with morality . |
| 14 | Elaine bit her lip for a second , her round face thoughtful . |
| 15 | THE wife of Iraqi hostage Paul Ride yesterday begged Saddam Hussein to release her husband for Christmas . |
| 16 | When she heard Jacques Devraux join her husband for a final drink at the table in the canter of the clearing , she tried to listen to their conversation . |
| 17 | More worried now than she liked to admit , Piper extended her search for the Base Administrator to the refectory . |
| 18 | Alyssia held her breath for what seemed like minutes . |
| 19 | Di revealed her recipe for relaxation when she met Enya in London recently . |
| 20 | Anna checked her stocklist for the shelf allocation for the poppadoms ( plain , spiced , garlic and chilli , ready-cooked ) with all the slick professionalism of three hours ' experience . |
| 21 | Sam sues her father for £1m |
| 22 | Fran lifted her face for his kiss , holding him tightly , never wanting him to let her go again . |
| 23 | Paige racked her mind for a suitable excuse . |
| 24 | Eddie Hogan 's face was working with distress : beside him Annabel raked her face for more information . |
| 25 | THE sister of fire death girl Natalie Godfrey lost her fight for life early yesterday . |
| 26 | Four years after that Hunt Ball , where Nicandra lost her heart for ever , Aunt Tossie broke into her moneybox to endow the marriage of Nicandra Constance with Andrew Julian . |
| 27 | One day Mary asked her father for money for a pop concert which she had already booked up with a friend without consulting him . |
| 28 | Maureen says her priority for homes is comfort and light — her own abode is a ‘ mixture of old and new ’ — and she champions individual taste over trendiness . |
| 29 | She let Maxim hold her hand for a moment , then swept regally past and merged herself carefully with one of the big chairs . |
| 30 | she had our er Raymond doing her hair for her . |