Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laughed , a bitter sound that made her ache for all the pain it conveyed . |
| 2 | Amanda claims she got her eye for good antique furniture from her grandfather . |
| 3 | For her part Thatcher reiterated her support for rapid admission of the new East European democracies to the EC ( many observers suggested that she saw enlargement as a way of halting moves towards EC political and monetary union ) . |
| 4 | She loved her great-aunt for many reasons . |
| 5 | Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends . |
| 6 | A CARE assistant last night lost her claim for unfair dismissal against Europe 's biggest private nursing home . |
| 7 | On one occasion , it began to go up when she wanted to go down ; another time , it refused to open and kept her prisoner for half an hour . |
| 8 | Mrs Barnes , returned to her cottage , amazingly kept her silence for twelve years , only revealing what she knew to a local magistrate , Anthony Bridges in 1587 . |
| 9 | Normally she would have screamed at him for the minute splinters she knew he must be creating , but now she kept her anger for other matters . |
| 10 | While there , she indulged her passion for long walks and put together her first book , The Forty Shires : their History , Scenery , Arts and Legends ( 1880 ) . |
| 11 | There she took her stand for Moral Re-Armament ; and ran into hot opposition . |
| 12 | She remembered her fear for this man 's life , the way she had fled through the castle to warn him , her useless defiance of Matilda 's wrath and the threat hanging over her head if she refused to co-operate with the Empress . |
| 13 | She stood aside from the Austro-Prussian War and watched while Prussia completed her preparation for pan-German hegemony . |
| 14 | After eight years , young Mrs Joyce left her husband for another partner , taking with her their two daughters , upon whom William Joyce resigned all claim . |
| 15 | She searched her mind for vague traces of memory . |
| 16 | He searched her face for endless moments , then his eyes filled . |
| 17 | Eddie Hogan 's face was working with distress : beside him Annabel raked her face for more information . |
| 18 | The inspector for the school explained her support for this proposal . |
| 19 | The programme prompted a huge stream of calls from viewers who thought they may know the man who abducted Stephanie and held her captive for eight days before escaping with a £175,000 ransom . |