Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Chalk was nowhere to be found , so she made straight for the medicine cupboard in the spacious Georgian-style kitchen with its enormous , old-fashioned white-painted cupboards and scrubbed-elm table , and located the painkillers , swallowing the dosage with water before setting about making the tea . |
| 2 | Turning from him , she made quickly for the door . |
| 3 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 4 | She sought desperately for an answer , but could find none . |
| 5 | She shouted defiantly for a second , tears forming in her eyes , tears of terror and relief . |
| 6 | She sucked sweetly for a while , her busy tongue teasing at the shaft with exquisite enthusiasm . |
| 7 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 8 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 9 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 10 | She headed straight for the coffee-pot . |
| 11 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 12 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |
| 13 | The novel life abroad made Frances disenchanted with Britain when she returned home for a spell : |
| 14 | Now these routines seemed to take most of the morning , and after lunch and a little rest she sallied forth for a walk . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , little is known about her life , however , it is understood that she worked regularly for the National Geographic magazine , for whom she did some of their earliest published colour photography . |
| 16 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 17 | Yes , she worked here for a time . ’ |
| 18 | She was not a violent demonstrator as a suffragette but she worked hard for the women 's vote , and at times vociferously at public meetings . |
| 19 | Not as she thought right for a person 's end , |
| 20 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 21 | She thought seriously for a moment , considering . |
| 22 | Trembling , she reached backward for the telephone . |
| 23 | She stared thoughtfully for a moment or two . |
| 24 | As she washed , she listened tensely for the sounds of movement . |
| 25 | Now she listened eagerly for the word , and felt a twinge of disappointment whenever she heard ‘ dear ’ or ‘ Clare ’ instead , fearing that he had fallen out of love since the last ‘ darling ’ . |
| 26 | She looked away for a moment . |
| 27 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 28 | She struggled wildly for a while , then , exhausted , she fainted . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light . |
| 30 | She went inside for a moment , because she loved old things — and St Peter 's , Overclyst , was very old indeed . |