Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to go from her for a moment , then he recollected where he was . |
| 2 | He seemed to stand over her for an eternity , about to strike . |
| 3 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 4 | I offered to go with her for company and safety really , since it was dangerous to go out alone in conditions like that . |
| 5 | On the same day that Bathsheba arrived home , Mr Boldwood went to apologize to her for speaking so violently the last time he had seen her . |
| 6 | And then he looked in her direction , smiled and waved over the woman 's shoulder , continued to talk to her for a few moments , then laid a hand on her arm for an instant and moved towards Helen . |
| 7 | Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her . |