Example sentences of "[vb past] she for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she turned to the red bitch and thrashed her for her negligence , calling her lazy , useless , good-for-nothing . |
| 2 | He sat with me and watched Jo Spence 's documentary on her fight against a serious illness and he admired her for her spirit and for using her work to get through her situation . |
| 3 | [ aside ] Sometimes I admired her for her virtue , at other times , impetuous in my temper and unused to control , I could have beat her . |
| 4 | I thanked her for her consideration and said I would . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I thanked her for her honesty with a box of chocolates . ’ |
| 6 | Carrying the booty , I thanked her for her kindness in answering our questions , and helping , and George and I retreated . |
| 7 | We exchanged the necessary platitudes and i thanked her for her care . |
| 8 | And when the silly girl found out and rejected him he raped her for her pains . |
| 9 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 10 | Vortigern was so taken by her charms that he took her for his wife . |
| 11 | " Is this all the fortune the Dawn Maiden has sent me ? " he thought , but there was nothing to be done ; he took her for his wife . |
| 12 | Alexandra felt the six accusing , disappointed eyes turned upon her as she came in , three Bewicks who despised her for her inability to be one of them . |
| 13 | ‘ Drew married her for her money . ’ |
| 14 | He only married her for her money too . |
| 15 | Scottish Television 's Controller of Drama , Robert Love praised her for her bravery and praised her husband for the tremendous support he had given her . |
| 16 | Benedict , who wanted her for her hair . |
| 17 | Her eyes could not have bulged further if Werewolf had told her he only wanted her for her mind . |