Example sentences of "[v-ing] her for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |
| 2 | She returned Myra 's greeting , thanking her for the card . |
| 3 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 4 | George , who was to be in charge of the wires , having earlier walked round her as if he were the hangman measuring her for the drop , said Mary Deare would come into her own when she flew . |
| 5 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 6 | So I intended to try flying her for the assembly , and carefully got her down to her flying weight . |
| 7 | And Carolyn Dalzell , 18 , claims her landlord has thrown her out of the house blaming her for the fire . |
| 8 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 9 | As she drove back home through the traffic , memories of her father 's authoritarian presence , vigorously admonishing her for the sinfulness of some childlike request , filled her mind with pain and loathing . |
| 10 | I found him cursing her for the border . |
| 11 | For one wild moment she thought it was Adam fighting her for the cup ; but it was a more powerful arm that pinned her . |
| 12 | No one is fighting her for the task of serving school dinners to the juniors . |
| 13 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |