Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano . |
| 2 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 3 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 4 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 5 | Paulus could sense it too as she moved in for the kill to claim a 2-6 , 6-4 , 6-3 victory . |
| 6 | And when she moved in for the kill she was as hard , and as final , as any of her male colleagues . |
| 7 | She moved out for a while , but carried on cleaning for her ; and then when she married , she moved back in again , and had her first child there . |
| 8 | You are a turkey — ’ she cast about for an even worse insult , ‘ a puritan ! ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 10 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll never believe he done it , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , when she came round for a cup of tea and a slice of the action , ‘ not if he 's convicted by a dozen juries , and do n't tell me he 'll get a fair trial in the current climate of opinion , not unless they pick twelve men the same size and true . |
| 12 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 13 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 14 | She squirmed around for a better view of it . |
| 15 | She hung around for a while , looking aimlessly into the shop windows , wondering if she should go and have a coffee in the Franz Joseph , just in case he was there . |
| 16 | She fiddled around for a while , and cursed and muttered before she managed to get one detached . |
| 17 | When the water reached a level the Duchesse deemed sufficient ( she was mean with it with people she did not like ) , she called out for the bather to come along , and she left , taking the handle of the hot tap with her . |
| 18 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 19 | She reached out for a pale , beautiful robe that seemed to be a continual pour of colour , like a mountain river with the sun shining on it and , as she did so , there was a whisper of sound behind them . |
| 20 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 21 | She reached out for the telephone and dialled a well-remembered number . |
| 22 | She stared out for a moment longer , and then she turned her attention back inside . |
| 23 | She looked round for a plain grave . |
| 24 | There was no table set and she looked round for a sideboard that must house such things as cutlery . |
| 25 | She looked round for the entrance . |
| 26 | She looked around for a blunt instrument . |
| 27 | She looked around for a tool , and found a soldier 's dropped bayonet . |
| 28 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 29 | Occasionally she went out for a drink with Mick O'Shea , who was between girlfriends at the time and was happy to have Kathleen along as pleasant and undemanding company . |
| 30 | And when she went down for a cup of tea , her mother mentioned casually that Parr had gone to Belfast , not to England as expected , although she did not know why . |