Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night prayers were said for her at Watton Methodist Church where her aunt is a member of the congregation . |
| 2 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 3 | All the same she was mortified to discover on returning much later to the apartment that the detested clothes were waiting for her in her room . |
| 4 | Realizing that not only Mrs Whittaker , but twelve newly arrived first-year students , were waiting for her in expectant silence , she pulled herself together . |
| 5 | They were waiting for her in Miami , if she ever got back there . |
| 6 | She was sometimes referred to as Trivia and offerings of black lambs , honey and new-born puppies were left for her at crossroads . |
| 7 | At the same time , I was refusing for her to be brought to the prison because although I wanted to see her more than anything , I was damn sure she was n't going to come to prison and see me . |
| 8 | That question was decided for her in a most terrible way . |
| 9 | FIRST BLOOM DIANA 'S latest outing in the original dress , a favourite which was made for her in 1988 . |
| 10 | Daak was waiting for her beyond the next upright . |
| 11 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 12 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 13 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 14 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 15 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 16 | He was waiting for her in the lounge . |
| 17 | He turned eyes hard with disgust on Dana , and Claudia was n't at all surprised when her sister mumbled that Garry was waiting for her in a café in the main street . |
| 18 | She put down the receiver , feeling much happier , and even enjoyed the lukewarm haddock that was waiting for her in the kitchen . |
| 19 | Rune was waiting for her in the foyer as she stepped out of the lift . |
| 20 | No doubt he was waiting for her in the foyer , champing at her non-appearance . |
| 21 | Mike was waiting for her in the lobby when she came down , and she was pleased to see that he too had dressed as informally as possible in deference to the humidity . |
| 22 | He was waiting for her in the hall . |
| 23 | Tracey was waiting for her in the pub . |
| 24 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
| 25 | JENNY was waiting for her in the lounge of the Black Lion occupying herself with an evening newspaper . |
| 26 | Guido was waiting for her in the hallway , his face as black as thunder . |
| 27 | My grandmother was taken ill with a burst ulcer and an ambulance was called for her at 10.45 , but it did not arrive for two and a half hours . |
| 28 | The plaintiff drank the ginger beer , and when a second glass was poured for her by her friend a decomposing snail which had been in the bottle floated out . |
| 29 | In the small , square grave-yard , tangled with bramble and escalonia and overgrown with rank grass and nettles , a hole was dug for her among the bones of former generations ; bones of old women and men scarcely yet forgotten were turned up to make a place for her among them . |
| 30 | An important paper was read for her in 1900 to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by her cousin , Gerard Baldwin Brown [ q.v. ] , and thereafter controversial articles in learned journals culminated in 1912 in the publication by John Murray of The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles , which is still considered a seminal work on the subject . |