Example sentences of "[v-ing] her for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 2 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 3 | ‘ Meeting her for the first time was nerve-racking to say the least , ’ says one insider at BSkyB . |
| 4 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 5 | Liz Ablewhite was offered , and graciously accepted , the Alethea Ward Scholarship in Natural Sciences ( an annual college award specifically designated by Dr Ward , 1853–1935 , for female students of medicine from the County of Yorkshire , her own home county ) , the goal towards which her mother had been directing her for the past ten years . |
| 6 | Victor Sierra 's ‘ rubber band ’ possesses a great ability to frighten the life out of a pilot flying her for the first time , by apparently stopping if and whenever the revs drop below 1800 , when the most horrendous mixture-timing ‘ flat-spot ’ occurs and it all goes quiet up front . |
| 7 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 8 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 9 | She explained that Lazaris came through to her via a medium who went into a trance , and had been helping her for the previous eight years . |
| 10 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |