Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She can rarely have travelled , for example , more than fifteen miles from Brackley , Northamptonshire , where she lived for most of her twenty-four years . |
| 2 | On one occasion her piano was dragged up a hillside to the door of an isolation hut , where she sang for five rather surprised soldiers . |
| 3 | Her parents then moved to London and admitted her as a free scholar to the sculpture studio in the Royal College of Art , where she stayed for four years and graduated an A.R.C.A. |
| 4 | After time off to have children , she became a secretary at Kendall Primary School , Colchester , where she stayed for five years before moving at Myland . |
| 5 | Renowned for her ‘ tomboyish tastes ’ ( she would , even in evening dress , always carry a knife and some string about her person ) , Emma went on to the School for Ornamental Art and began to support early Victorian feminist causes , making an initial living as a restorer of stained-glass windows notably in the chapel of Merton College , Oxford , where she worked for two years in the early 1860s . |
| 6 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 7 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 8 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 9 | There 's a will and the man left everything to his wife , she will get it all if if we have n't put in this clause which technically says , Leave it all to my wife if she survives for twenty eight days . |
| 10 | ‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home . |
| 11 | Dewi , a former Tokyo bar girl , had faced up to 16 years in prison but could now avoid jail completely if she behaves for two years . |
| 12 | But she must wear a special cap to protect her head while she waits for more surgery . |
| 13 | I do n't know , I ca n't remember whether she applied for that , I know Harold his daughter went up to Southampton and he was horrified at the accommodation she was staying in , up there |
| 14 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 15 | The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home . |
| 16 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 17 | And this was expressed in a very imaginative presentation by Professor a young in her keynote lecture when she called for three significant changes . |
| 18 | It was n't really surprising therefore that she was wound tighter than a spring with suppressed energy as she waited for Ace to return . |
| 19 | He wished Annabel were not so insecure and dependent upon him ; for the past few months , as she waited for Avanti to make up its mind , she had needed constant emotional support and reassurance from Scott , who had felt her clinging to him , almost like a physical weight on his back . |
| 20 | She does this in almost literal fashion as she watches for repeated mannerisms typical of that animal . |
| 21 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |