Example sentences of "she have [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 She has waited patiently for this ending . ’
2 Three stone lighter and a virtual insomniac , she has campaigned tirelessly for their release and her efforts were rewarded last week when Michelle and Lisa were granted the right to appeal against their conviction for the murder of Alison O'Shaughnessy .
3 Twenty years doing two shows a month , of a tiny range of parts which she has known inside-out for years — it 's a miracle her creative spirit survives at all .
4 But , needing something to do after being ditched from pop show The Word , she has signed up for acting lessons at the famous Lee Strasbourg School .
5 She 'd saved up for many months .
6 So then this fellow comes to the phone , obviously his missus had entered it and he did n't have a bloody clue that she 'd gone in for it and he 'd just come home from work and er Annika Rice there , saying oh where is she ?
7 You 're well-matched with Doreen , who was ready to kick an old lady out of the home she 'd lived in for years . ’
8 And He knew she 'd paid sorely for having Jenny , paid in her own shame at being caught by a married man at her age , paid in being the cause of her death .
9 Her dress was one she 'd bought specifically for work in the factory .
10 Why should she have hoped even for one split second that Rune would attempt to persuade her to change her mind — not that he would have succeeded ?
11 These were small details now , swallowed up in the joy of knowing that she was loved by the man she had loved silently for so long .
12 She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around .
13 Mildred slid him carefully into her pocket and raced up the stairs to her room , where she transferred him to a small box with holes in the lid which she had prepared specially for the journey .
14 Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade .
15 She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington .
16 His mother always looked as if she had dressed up for the occasion , which indeed she had .
17 She did n't want him to think she had dressed up for him , or anything .
18 Indeed , so he had , for she had stripped meekly for his observation and had allowed him to do everything else he had wanted .
19 It was an ancient emotion for Blanche , calling her home from the wasteland of tension and anger she had tramped across for the past few months .
20 He add-ed : ‘ She had co-operated earlier for photographs . ’
21 One night Kit stumbled by , when Ariel was sitting outside the cabin , with the baby sleeping near her in the small hammock she had rigged up for him .
22 He had been a good friend to her and when she walked out on her parents she had made straight for the bar , looking for him .
23 The thick grey hair had been tinted a reddish brown , a process to which she had succumbed only for the last two years , having previously been free in expressing her opinion of those stupid women who aimed to camouflage their age by dyeing their hair .
24 ( She had gone there for fitting out and trials of Aberporth . )
25 He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal .
26 She had worn it twice , once when she had gone out for dinner with her father and Leo and on the night of Sylvie 's return from Italy .
27 It contained a bible , a penknife with a horn handle , a clay pipe , and the verse which she had written out for him two Christmases ago : ‘ For hearts of truest mettle , Absence doth join and time doth settle . ’
28 The source says : ‘ She went on to say that she had done more for the Royal Family than any of its other members .
29 She straightened her shoulders , perhaps she had done enough for today , mam would be getting restless wanting a bit of attention after her long day spent mostly alone .
30 Then an owl suddenly hooted nearby , making her jump , and she hastily decided she had done enough for one evening .
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