Example sentences of "[to-vb] she for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some connection having been made in his mind , he began to rebuke her for a belief in the reality of Noah 's Ark , which he referred to sarcastically as the Myth of the Deluge . |
| 2 | ‘ I was wondering whether you 'd arranged to meet her for a talk — to break the news to her ? ’ |
| 3 | There were enough provisions here to feed her for a week — and in far more luxury than she would have dreamt of buying for herself . |
| 4 | She had not merely been a housekeeper but her qualities of efficiency , cheerfulness and gastronomic expertise seemed to fit her for the task of looking after this unusual pair . |
| 5 | No doubt about it , he meant to corner her for the evening . |
| 6 | ‘ He wanted to swop her for a guarantee that he would not be arrested ’ |
| 7 | But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire . |
| 8 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 9 | Lydia had barely set foot beyond the ashram in three years when Lorne turned up to kidnap her for a reconnaissance mission with him to Celebes island , eight hundred miles away to the north-east . |
| 10 | His eyes seemed to study her for a moment . |
| 11 | The policewoman decided to believe her for the moment . |
| 12 | Managers found it impossible to maintain discipline : if a girl found a man to keep her for a while , she would ‘ scarper ’ ( disappear ) . |
| 13 | And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away . |
| 14 | The daughter no longer had to provide care but said ‘ I merely go to see her for a chat and the company nowadays ’ . |
| 15 | She told him to tell Dora she 'd written to Auntie Flo to thank her for the cake . |
| 16 | Her husband , John Pennington , of Southport , Merseyside , was jailed for 15 years in June for hiring a hitman to kill her for the £300,000 insurance . |
| 17 | That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life . |
| 18 | He offered to tutor the girl , but after trying to teach her for a while , gave it up as he considered she was unable to focus on what she was being taught . |
| 19 | We plan to invite her for the weekend of 10th — 12th July and hope to be able to use Froebel Institute , Roehampton . |
| 20 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |
| 21 | Slinkton is planning to murder her for the insurance money , and Sampson contrives to warn her of her danger during an interview on the sands . |
| 22 | He continued to watch her for a moment , then murmured , ‘ I liked him . ’ |
| 23 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |
| 24 | Janice , from her vantage point , managed to catch the eye of a boy to whom she had spoken on the boat , and terrorized , fascinated , he responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand . |
| 25 | He wanted to take her for a ride . |
| 26 | Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her . |
| 27 | Luke 's kiss , withheld to torment her for a moment while he stared into her darkened eyes , was an insult when it came , and yet insufficient to her hunger , because his mouth was torn away from hers again almost at once , plunging to suckle hard at one exposed breast for several agonising seconds , the message blatant — she was desired , and despised . |
| 28 | God had n't fully maintained His help to keep condescension from her tone or to prepare her for the answer when it came : ‘ Yes , I went to school , ma'am . |