Example sentences of "for [art] [det] [noun pl] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 2 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 3 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 4 | For a few minutes she knelt by the grave , and was presently joined by Maria . |
| 5 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 6 | For a few minutes she indulged in a fantasy where she was one of the young mothers and the child by her side was Roman 's . |
| 7 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 8 | For a few minutes she stood in shocked silence ; she had been so sure that the rider from the woods had been herself … but now , realizing that the lover she had seen had been Morthen , she felt angry and upset . |
| 9 | For a few moments she just floats there , experiencing the feeling . |
| 10 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 11 | For a few moments she stared at the tawny eagle and then at Mr Wolski , and he looked at her . |
| 12 | For a few moments she was laughing so much she could n't speak . |
| 13 | For a few moments she thought she was trapped , with no way through the high walls that surrounded this part of the garden . |
| 14 | When she woke up again , just after daybreak , for a few moments she could n't remember where she was . |
| 15 | For a few moments she felt nineteen again , unsure and nervous , easily browbeaten because she had very little self-confidence . |
| 16 | For a few moments she imagined the scene as dark-suited managers with grim faces waited with bated breath for the one man who could step in and save the company … |
| 17 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 18 | For a few moments she thought he had no intention of answering her as her whole being quivered with indignation that he should have the nerve to pass judgement on her when not even her closest friends knew her innermost thoughts and longings . |
| 19 | For a few moments she managed fairly well , taking things slowly and steadily , using the sticks to propel herself along . |
| 20 | For a few moments she stood watching him as with quick little movements he fed himself , his sharp eyes darting suspiciously from side to side . |
| 21 | A British walker survived for seven days without food , save for a few prunes she managed to scavenge out of a dustbin , while lost in New Zealand 's rugged Taparua mountain range . |
| 22 | Then for a few days she was quiet . |
| 23 | For a few seconds she felt the bony weight of her grandmother on top of her and smelt the sickly powder she used ; then Nana struggled upright , her breath rasping painfully in her throat , and pulled a thick length of bamboo from its hiding place behind her dressing table . |
| 24 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |
| 25 | For a few seconds she found her eyes trapped in that unnervingly steady gaze . |
| 26 | For a few seconds she knew a stab of fear , and then she looked into his eyes and the fear disappeared . |
| 27 | For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically . |
| 28 | For a few seconds she thought her outburst had fallen on deaf ears , then Rune said softly , ‘ Yes , of course , you 're right . |
| 29 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 30 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |