Example sentences of "she [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
| 32 | He said that on her birthday he asked her what she had learnt from life , and she thought for a long time , and then said : ‘ That people are morally the same , and intellectually different . ’ |
| 33 | She thought for a long time , not looking at him , but at the glowing red centre of the range . |
| 34 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 35 | She reached for an old brass key . |
| 36 | She struggled for a few moments until , overcome apparently by shock , she lost consciousness . |
| 37 | " She counted for a great deal in the palace " in the sense that she had privileged access to Louis and thus could be a helpful patron . |
| 38 | She went for a last walk with him — and they never returned . |
| 39 | She lay for a long while , the tears falling . |
| 40 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |
| 41 | She lay for a few moments watching the patterns it made on the ceiling . |
| 42 | ’ She cried for a little but comfortably , with relief . |
| 43 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 44 | She hesitated for a long moment , then suddenly thrust out her arm . |
| 45 | She aimed for a light-hearted tone . |
| 46 | Angry and hurt , she aimed for a vulnerable spot . |
| 47 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 48 | Determined not to present him with any more ammunition , she paused for a long moment , considering her words carefully before trying again . |
| 49 | She paused for a few thoughtful moments , then said quietly , ‘ I ca n't help wondering about the next owner . ’ |
| 50 | The woman was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday at an isolated station at Mexborough , South Yorks , as she waited for a late train home . |
| 51 | She searched for a suitable answer to Cyril 's question , but could not find one . |
| 52 | " Aunt Bella and Grandmother would put a brave face on it , but my mother would be … " she searched for a suitable word , " wounded . |
| 53 | She searched for a new subject of conversation . |
| 54 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 55 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 56 | ‘ Sure ? ’ she said for a second time . |
| 57 | She hovered for a brief time over the trunk of the tree , tears streaming from her eyes , shuddering as the axes continued to cut into the wood , shaking her head from side to side . |
| 58 | She longed for a thick ham sandwich and her bed . |
| 59 | Torn in two by indecision , she reflected for a few moments , then said slowly , ‘ If it comes to choosing between Ian and a monkey , then Ian wins hands down . |
| 60 | And then , because she could n't bear to quarrel with him the night before she left for a new life , she said , ‘ I 'm wearing your mother 's brooch , Fran . |