Example sentences of "i [vb past] her for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she
2 She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’
3 I interviewed her for a nature programme .
4 I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message .
5 I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child .
6 As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went .
7 I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts .
8 In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work .
9 A few days after the Argentinian surrender , I saw her for a meeting on health service pay .
10 No , no , I said to Richard is , is , Debbie not feeling well enough to come here , no I took her for a little ride round the .
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