Example sentences of "[vb infin] her [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll make her pay for that later . |
| 2 | In a very short space of time , she had demolished two more such beef sandwiches supplied by Mr Beckenham , with the addition of a large slice of pie , the whole washed down with gulps of water in between , only so that she might clear her mouth for more food . |
| 3 | and yet you see these days they would give her treatment for that |
| 4 | She 'd lift her skirts for any man . " |
| 5 | It is also argued that it is inconsistent with human dignity that a woman should use her uterus for financial profit and treat it as an incubator for someone else 's child . ’ |
| 6 | She could contain her dislike for this character for a few days , could n't she ? |
| 7 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
| 8 | When the time comes for farrowing , the sow is moved into another narrow crate where she will suckle her piglets for three weeks before they are taken to be fattened for bacon and pork . |
| 9 | However , in the context of the fragile family economy of the very poor in the years before World War I , it should be remembered that if a wife earned only 1/6d a week it meant that she could feed her family for two days . |
| 10 | She wished she could fulfil her search for this singular man from her bed , by the power of her mind alone . |
| 11 | ‘ She should lose her scholarship for that . ’ |