Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] her for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I 've done without her for two months now . ’
2 Aquino 's economic cutbacks , imposed on her for all the right reasons , have caused considerable suffering .
3 Even now he had learnt that Pete Foster , the man being investigated for murder and fraud in the Docks , a hard man , was terrified of his old mother and had kept his successful career in crime hidden from her for sixteen years .
4 His father had even telephoned his ex-wife to tell her about what had happened and she had then spoken to Tony , who had not heard from her for some months .
5 She had n't heard from her for some time .
6 He 's lived with her for six years but can only describe her job vaguely , as ‘ something in administration ’ .
7 They had lived with her for three months before they got this place , and it had been three months too long as far as he was concerned .
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