Example sentences of "[vb infin] she for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House . |
| 2 | This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph . |
| 3 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
| 4 | ‘ Well now , I could see her for a moment . |
| 5 | At first I can not see her for the heaps of people about her bedside , brandished with packaged sweets and magazines and flowers of white and purple . |
| 6 | I did n't believe her for a minute but I did n't see what I could do . |
| 7 | She let the stranger touch her for a minute , and then the woman bent and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 8 | After supper , Louise would leave Nora to herself until the nine o'clock news and then she would join her for a nightcap . |
| 9 | He vowed that when they returned in the summer he would take her for a holiday . |
| 10 | With a figure like that one would hardly take her for a chips and stodge consumer . |
| 11 | Did he take her for a fool ? |
| 12 | So as I can take her for a ride and back . |
| 13 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |
| 14 | Shall we take her for a walk ? |
| 15 | Can I have her for a minute ? |
| 16 | Can I have her for a minute ? |
| 17 | ‘ Then you must thank her for the invitation and suggest a postponement . ’ |
| 18 | She could only stay a short time , but long enough to hear John thank her for the gift of her daughter . |
| 19 | He did n't answer her for a moment ; when he did , it was quietly . |
| 20 | The court had been told that Mrs McWilliams had suffered severe brain damage which would affect her for the rest of her life . |
| 21 | Though nothing can really compensate her for the pain and shock of what happened . |
| 22 | ‘ Scheduling , ’ he repeated blandly with a patience that did n't fool her for an instant . |
| 23 | I know you could n't hurt her for the world . |
| 24 | I would n't hurt her for the world . ’ |
| 25 | Suddenly , it was the men who were reacting — usually with disgust , and they would ignore her for the rest of the journey . |
| 26 | ‘ Paine is right … the French are right … long live the French ! … use their heads instead of pigs ’ bladders … put her in the Marshalsea and do n't feed her for a week … see her prettiness then … ’ |
| 27 | And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ? |
| 28 | Let us leave her for the moment and go back to Matilda and her first day in Miss Honey 's class . |
| 29 | At some future time might he blame her for the loss of his dream ? |
| 30 | He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took . |