Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1989 , isolated in the European Community and under pressure from Cabinet ministers , she agreed to set conditions for British entry to the EMS . |
| 2 | This is not always easy , especially when the relationship is going through a sticky patch , but if they can feel close from time to time , the pulling-back will happen less , and Elizabeth could reassure Harry that just because she wants to do things for herself does n't mean that she does n't want him . |
| 3 | She may hold the view that she has made provision for every eventuality and is therefore unlikely to experience any difficulties in combining work with parenthood . |
| 4 | She has given orders for no one to disturb her . |
| 5 | She has won prizes for ( drama/music/essay-writing/cookery/coming top of her class in school , been awarded the first grade in music/drama , studied nursing/teaching/ballet/ice-skating/ French and management/ interviewing/ accounting , learned how to drive/ski/sail/swim/dance/surf/ , followed her interests in travelling/bridge-playing/ opera/the orchestra/film and reading science fiction/ historical novels/biographies , as well as finding time to raise money for charity/do voluntary work with handicapped children/attend church functions regularly/ design clothes/paint/draw and to help in her family 's shop/business/company/restaurant . |
| 6 | She has won awards for many of the sporting activities in which she is involved . |
| 7 | She has won awards for her solo shows and was a founder member of the production company Gloria . |
| 8 | ‘ This is a sad and tragic business , with one young lady dead and the other knowing she has to accept responsibility for that death , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Those who remained , once she 'd made allowances for the ways they described themselves , fell broadly within the category of Ugly but Eager . |
| 10 | But it was the unexpected shots that would provide the spice to the story — like the ones she had just made of the little midinette enthusing as she saw the dress she 'd sweated blood for , if not created , come down the catwalk to the roar of applause . |
| 11 | But erm I know a student who was at B H S , near she was saying how she 'd had training for er delivering team briefings . |
| 12 | Only a short time before she 'd had Penry for company while she knitted . |
| 13 | She 'd invented schools for children , on the basis that since reading and writing were quite difficult it was best to get them over with early . |
| 14 | Ace had had to break into an asteroid cruncher once , when she 'd worked security for a mining corporation : the big doors could usually be operated from an external control panel near the front of the hull . |
| 15 | She 'd known Nick for years , meeting him when she 'd come to London to visit her cousin Mark Bristow , Sally 's son . |
| 16 | She 'd known Candy for too long to have any hope that she would escape without an inquisition . |
| 17 | She 'd got stockings for Susan — only one pair , but nice ones . |
| 18 | But she was happiest amongst relatives in the Welsh border country ; at Coleorton , the estate of Sir George Beaumont [ q.v. ] in Leicestershire ( 1806–7 ) , where she returned to keep house for her nephew John Wordsworth at Whitwick rectory ( 1828–9 ) ; or at Cambridge with Christopher . |
| 19 | John Taylor introduced Harriet to leading members of the Unitarian religious movement , and shortly thereafter she began writing articles for the Unitarian magazine , Monthly Repository . |
| 20 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 21 | When we told my mum , she started to make plans for me and Keith to get married . |
| 22 | If she thought to gain praise for her endeavours , she was disappointed . |
| 23 | Perhaps , while she hassled , she managed to forget Montaine for a few hours . |
| 24 | Palace officials stressed there was no mystery behind her absence from either event but royal watchers were struck by the fact she chose to cancel plans for engagements at which she has an almost ever-present record . |
| 25 | And she did have instructions for home by half past twelve but er mm she |
| 26 | Later , after she had visited Joy for the last time and he had filled her arms with fruit , as he had on every visit , she made her way to the cemetery . |
| 27 | She had seen salvation for him in McAllister , that was for sure , and if Neil was more doubtful , about that and about her , with Havvie 's hateful words still ringing in his head , and his memory of her tortured face growing the more painful whenever he recalled it , the passing of time only accentuated the agony of his loss . |
| 28 | He had given her a sob-story and for a few hours — a few fatal hours — she had mistaken compassion for love . |
| 29 | She had asked Tim for his advice and thoughts on the matter , since Tim was undergoing a good education . |
| 30 | And while Britain accepted the rise of Ibn Saud in the new country of Saudi Arabia , she also kept faith with the tiny emirates along the western flank of Arabia from Kuwait to Oman , over which she had exercised protection for more than a hundred years . |