Example sentences of "[vb infin] her for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Then you must thank her for the invitation and suggest a postponement . ’ |
| 3 | She could only stay a short time , but long enough to hear John thank her for the gift of her daughter . |
| 4 | The court had been told that Mrs McWilliams had suffered severe brain damage which would affect her for the rest of her life . |
| 5 | Though nothing can really compensate her for the pain and shock of what happened . |
| 6 | I know you could n't hurt her for the world . |
| 7 | I would n't hurt her for the world . ’ |
| 8 | Suddenly , it was the men who were reacting — usually with disgust , and they would ignore her for the rest of the journey . |
| 9 | And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ? |
| 10 | Let us leave her for the moment and go back to Matilda and her first day in Miss Honey 's class . |
| 11 | At some future time might he blame her for the loss of his dream ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Heseltine declares that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would challenge her for the leadership . |
| 14 | He 'll never forgive her for the life she has spent and she wo n't let him see what she 's come to at the end of it ! |
| 15 | Nine days after taking the drug at a friend 's 21st birthday party Rachel , 25 , still has vivid flashbacks which could haunt her for the rest of her life . |