Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her .
2 She made my bed for me and wound Little Ben as I hurtled into uniform .
3 The committee had heard she sold her kidney for £3,265 .
4 Amanda claims she got her eye for good antique furniture from her grandfather .
5 She asked her aunt for a little money , for the first time , shuffling her feet and keeping her eyes shyly down .
6 Her marriage had continued to slide downhill until eventually , after being evicted from the house , she divorced my stepfather for persistent cruelty , and took a job as the live-in caretaker of a seedy block of flats .
7 Notably , she reserves her criticism for Lombroso — not by any means , at the time she was writing , the only person to have made the connection — remarking that his method was merely one of ‘ heaping up instances which support his thesis ’ .
8 At least she has her family for support and company , and losing some of her friends and social outlets might be less damaging to her than to her single sister .
9 She has never been to the Caribbean in her life , but most of her friends are black British : to their companionship she owes her aptitude for talking Creole .
10 She cracked her face for a while .
11 ‘ Margaret , ’ called my mother , and ‘ Margaret ’ again , her voice taking on the faint exasperation that had flavoured her tone as she used my name for many years now .
12 She poked my shoulder for what I gradually comprehended was n't the first time .
13 She blames her mother for this and sees it as a sign of inferiority , thus experiencing penis envy and transfers her affections to her father as he has the penis she wants .
14 One example of how she uses her position for the good of the game , and for others , occurred in October when , suffering from a painful wrist injury and against her doctor 's advice , she played an exhibition , not for personal gain , but to raise money for multiple sclerosis .
15 She uses her car for company business ( about 2,000 miles a year ) and it is also available for her private use .
16 He moved towards her , and instinctively she lifted her face for his kiss .
17 She lifted her face for his kiss , groaning in soft satisfaction as his mouth claimed hers .
18 She told him word for word , adding coldly , ‘ Is that how you describe us to anyone who comments on our practice ? ’
19 As she clambered over the steep Alpine meadows with Portia , she told her friend for the first time about Thomas and how he had helped her when she had nowhere to go .
20 The questions she had feared earlier seemed to be taking physical shape in the shadowy corners of the room , phantoms waiting to trap her if she dropped her guard for so much as a second .
21 She rested her head for a moment against his shoulder and then sat up straight , conscious that she must not ruffle her carefully coiffured hair .
22 She soothed his brow for a little .
23 A young child brutally killed , a mother in anguish because she turned her back for seconds : it is a reflection of the society we now live in .
24 Forcing herself to sit down , she racked her imagination for excuses that might explain his absence .
25 She reserved her temper for the horse .
26 She nodded her head for emphasis .
27 Nicandra burst into tears and , as she opened her mouth for a bellow , the stored spinach and saliva shot out , into her plate , on to the tablecloth , a horrid defilement .
28 She blamed her mother for thoughtlessly producing so many children .
29 After the Anglo-French reconciliation of 1303 , Edward wrote to Marie of France thanking her for her letters in which she expressed her desire for a meeting and conversation between him and her stepson , Philip the Fair .
30 Angela Carter studied medieval literature at the University as a mature student in the 1960s in the English Department , where she developed her taste for folk stories that underpinned such works as The Magic Toyshop , Nights at the Circus and The Company of Wolves .
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