Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 2 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 3 | Yeah but on the yeah but I mean if she sold it for thirty two she 'd still owe them nine thousand would n't she ? |
| 4 | Mm , well Ann and she got it for thirty two and a half ! |
| 5 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 6 | And she scolded him for frightening children Adam , six , Louise , four , and two-year-old Carl . |
| 7 | She loathed herself for such pettiness , but she was so helplessly without any control over their relationship that pride or all that remained of it demanded that she administer these little pricks to his satisfaction , although she knew she had no hope of succeeding in puncturing it properly . |
| 8 | She paid me for this week and she said well I you 've got ninety pound here |
| 9 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 10 | She hated herself for that , bringing herself down to a spiteful , vengeful , ‘ woman scorned ’ level . |
| 11 | She blamed him for all this . |
| 12 | She blamed me for that . |
| 13 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 14 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 15 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |
| 16 | She watched him for several moments , then looked about the large dining-room , trying to fathom the reason for his actions . |
| 17 | His head dipped towards her , and she braced herself for another of his harsh , punishing kisses , knowing any attempt at escape would be a complete waste of time . |
| 18 | Why , why would n't she thank you for that ? |
| 19 | She had not yet even recognised what it was , but she knew it for better worth than she had ever yet been given . |
| 20 | She liked him for that . |
| 21 | To her , the building was endlessly exciting , and she liked it for all the reasons that most people would specify as particular causes for dislike . |
| 22 | And she said she baked everything for that men . |
| 23 | When he had finished , she said nothing for more than a minute , but continued to stare at him , as if still seeking the assurance she had hoped his account would supply . |
| 24 | Now she gets them and she sells them for ten quid . |
| 25 | ‘ When she left me for one of the other guys in the team , somebody I 'd kind of thought of as a friend … well , ’ he went on hurriedly , ‘ I was n't surprised she 'd gone . |
| 26 | He spoke bitterly of the way she left him for another man , a student , when she was 16 then humiliated him by giving intimate details of their affair to the press . |
| 27 | He liked her to phone him for two reasons — it kept his phone bills down and if Gina answered it proved that he was fancied . |
| 28 | so , she thinks like they were , they were on show these just for a wardrobe and a set of drawers for a thousand quid , he let her have them for six hundred , so she 's been and paid a deposit on them |
| 29 | he 's let her have it for six hundred pound , because |