Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw her tutor 's enquiring look and dismissed her benefactor for the moment . |
| 2 | Yet it never entered her head for a moment to think that Prince Charles was remotely interested in romance . |
| 3 | She cracked her face for a while . |
| 4 | Sharpe caught her eye for a second , then turned away as Lucille ran to him . |
| 5 | An aunt lent her house for the occasion , my mother did most of the cooking helped by my sister , and my mother-in-law baked the cake . |
| 6 | Trish voiced her support for the vice-presidential campaign of Gerlandine Ferraro . |
| 7 | Ms Sultana , 34 , met her husband for the first time that day . |
| 8 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 9 | Diana asked her sister for a lift to London . |
| 10 | She asked her aunt for a little money , for the first time , shuffling her feet and keeping her eyes shyly down . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As she clambered over the steep Alpine meadows with Portia , she told her friend for the first time about Thomas and how he had helped her when she had nowhere to go . |
| 13 | President-elect Chamorro added her call for a ceasefire , stating in a broadcast on Feb. 28 that the causes of the war had disappeared , that there was thus no more reason to fight , and that Nicaraguans should return home . |
| 14 | Rory secured her hair with a heavily jewelled clasp and studied her reflection for a moment before giving a little nod . |
| 15 | Bishop studied her face for a brief second . |
| 16 | He looked up at her , studied her face for a moment . |
| 17 | The blue eyes surveyed her face for a moment , their expression dark and oddly unreadable . |
| 18 | Nicandra burst into tears and , as she opened her mouth for a bellow , the stored spinach and saliva shot out , into her plate , on to the tablecloth , a horrid defilement . |
| 19 | I received a straightforward message recently when I telephoned her flat for a chat : ‘ Elizabeth says she 's busy . ’ |
| 20 | Putting aside his choice of partner , the lady who publicly declared her support for the barbaric practice of ‘ necklacing ’ those who step out of line , there is his friendship with Col Gaddafi , who is said to have paid the bill for the ANC leader 's recent tour of North Africa , as well as contributing $135,000 to Mrs Mandela 's defence . |
| 21 | She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system . |
| 22 | Paige racked her mind for a suitable excuse . |
| 23 | When she was thrown out of her digs he found her a room in Randolph Crescent and to get her on to her feet again paid her rent for a month . |
| 24 | He undid her nightgown and admired her body for the first time . |
| 25 | She rested her head for a moment against his shoulder and then sat up straight , conscious that she must not ruffle her carefully coiffured hair . |
| 26 | She reserved her temper for the horse . |
| 27 | Nicci Gerrard in the Observer reckoned Conran had cribbed the plot from King Lear and indicated her preference for the original , which was hardly biting , but Ruth Dudley Edwards in The Independent ( ’ bilge ’ ) and Moira Shearer in this paper ( ’ high-flown twaddle ’ ) did n't mess about and Julie Burchill in The Spectator ( ’ truly appalling book … ) was predictably excoriating . |
| 28 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 29 | After the Anglo-French reconciliation of 1303 , Edward wrote to Marie of France thanking her for her letters in which she expressed her desire for a meeting and conversation between him and her stepson , Philip the Fair . |
| 30 | World No 1 Monica Seles began her bid for a third consecutive title by crushing a hopelessly outclassed Nathalie Tauziat 6–1 , 6–2 . |