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

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1 She 's having treatment still , she she goes for a couple of days at a time .
2 She goes for the ones who erm think she , they can protect her , but when it comes to the crunch she 'd have to be the one that protects them .
3 here at the weaving , oh and she 's huge , and oh she goes for the men ,
4 Lili , needless to remark , is unhappy : when she is in the heat of the Nile she longs for the mists of England , and vice versa .
5 She read for a while , trying to close her mind to the sounds from the galley , the picture of Fen enjoying his supper and — simply — any pictures of Fen at all .
6 She signs for the parcel .
7 A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading .
8 Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes .
9 She applied for a grant , and in , er in career , it says like ,
10 Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job .
11 The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ .
12 She do n't go to work no more , and sometimes she cries for no reason .
13 Slamming her feet down angrily , she made for the mailbags .
14 She made for the wood .
15 She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair .
16 Mr Piggott found himself quite dazzled by the warmth of her smile as she made for the door , and was unable to speak .
17 He stood up at the same time as she did , and caught her as she made for the door .
18 Clutching her stick as if it were an offensive weapon , she made for the door .
19 She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist .
20 So , hoisting her bag over her shoulder with an element of pride that for a brief moment made her lose sight of how important it was to try and pin him down for an interview , she made for the door .
21 She made for the stand where her umbrella was kept .
22 So she made for the orchard first .
23 The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched .
24 She made for the study door and he wanted to say , ‘ I would n't if I were you ; he 's in a tear about something , ’ but he knew that even if he did speak it would n't deter her .
25 ‘ Oh , and Miss Connor , ’ the receptionist called out as she made for the stairs , ‘ there was a delivery for you this afternoon . ’
26 The roars and cheers of the crowd covered any sound she made and , like a wraith , she made for the stairs , sweating even in the bleak February cold at the thought of who she might meet in the unknown upstairs .
27 She made for the fires and the sudden yellow flashes that lit up the central complex of buildings .
28 As she made for the doors she was suddenly halted by the realization that she had no money with her .
29 She made for an armchair , knowing it would be wise to keep him at a distance , but she did n't reach it .
30 Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community
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