Example sentences of "she [vb past] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleepily she tried to adjust for this situation , flipping over and snuggling into the heated surface of his chest . |
| 2 | As she prepared to leave for one of her foraging expeditions , Sycorax would poke up at her and hiss , ‘ Do n't let them see what you pick ! |
| 3 | And even so , she deserved to die for attempted treason . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he said again , and the floodgates really opened , and she began to cry for all the bewilderment of feelings he had caused in her . |
| 5 | Kerry 's hair had been recently cut but she decided to go for another snip when she arrived at the studio . |
| 6 | As it happened , this queen mother was the most remarkable and able of them all , and it is therefore something of an irony that she had to wait for twelve years , until 1554 , and stage a successful coup , before obtaining the place which earlier queen mothers had immediately enjoyed . |
| 7 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
| 8 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
| 9 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 10 | It was her own cottage and it was all she had to show for 20 years of marriage so , she reasoned , she might as well make it look as good as possible . |
| 11 | She had to pay for eight pillows . |
| 12 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |