Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw her tutor 's enquiring look and dismissed her benefactor for the moment . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Trish voiced her support for the vice-presidential campaign of Gerlandine Ferraro . |
| 4 | Ms Sultana , 34 , met her husband for the first time that day . |
| 5 | She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her . |
| 6 | The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In what must rank as one of the most ingenious ruses in the history of Hampden Babylon , Patsy Gallacher struck up a relationship with the hotel chambermaid and borrowed her clothes for the night . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system . |
| 12 | He undid her nightgown and admired her body for the first time . |
| 13 | She reserved her temper for the horse . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Arriving after a gruelling 13 hour flight , appeared bright and full of energy , almost immediately giving a press conference where she expressed her fears for the future of peace and democracy in her country . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We did not miss your father , ’ she said in a hard voice that betrayed her contempt for the man . |
| 18 | Dinah thanked her salary for the latter 's white-painted existence , and the fact that she had thrashed Lilian enough to ensure silence among the rest . |
| 19 | Marina then blamed her husband for the act and this revived interest in the sudden death of Bacon 's mother , Ann , at Stamford in May 1855 . |
| 20 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 21 | Probably he took her nothingness for the numbness of shock . |
| 22 | Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time . |
| 23 | Meanwhile I saw her breasts for the first time . |
| 24 | He soon returned , however , to collect Eliza , who , despite her misgivings about leaving the baby , who had been poorly since their stay in Sydney , accompanied her husband for the day to sketch the living bird and plant specimens on Mosquito Island . |
| 25 | She gave her orders for the next week 's farm work and then turned to one of the men . |
| 26 | As befits a New Zealander , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa did her bit for the game during the World Cup . |
| 27 | That was the night of the Four Arts Ball held at the Moulin Rouge at which an artist 's model by the name of Mona removed her clothes for the entertainment of the students present . |
| 28 | STRIPTEASE was invented on February 9th 1893 when artist 's model Mona removed her clothes for the entertainment of students . |
| 29 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | ‘ She outlined her regard for the children and made the point that she showed them more attention than the Prince of Wales appeared to . ’ |