Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He remembered how she 'd sung for the passengers on the ship and how they 'd all liked her . |
| 32 | He came home to sleep and as soon as he woke after she 'd left for the Clinic , he went out . |
| 33 | When she came to pay for the bill , she found that it had already been paid . |
| 34 | But Mr Landor advanced upon her , step by step and because she could no longer bear to look at him and because his distorted face seemed to merge with the angel 's she turned to dash for the door . |
| 35 | But the first thing I 've got to say to you here and now is you 're no more capable of keeping a wife than of keeping a — ’ she seemed to search for the word , then brought out , ‘ rabbit . |
| 36 | She turned to sign for the gear , and ran her eye over the other signatures on the page . |
| 37 | After 14 months , she decide to train for the probation service . |
| 38 | The exchange between them had been painful , but there was something so honest and open about it that she felt freed for the first time in months from her painful awareness of him as a man . |
| 39 | My mother was so dazzled she never even thought to question him about his job , but she grew to live for the visits he made daily to the shop . |
| 40 | Anyone suffering from a mental handicap and who is living in a mental hospital must complete a declaration that he or she wishes to register for the right to vote . |
| 41 | Apparently modifying her stance of late 1989 , when she had warned against any over-hasty German reunification , Thatcher now took a less negative line , and on March 29 she appeared to concede for the first time that changes in Eastern Europe meant that " some reductions " could be made to the British Army of the Rhine in West Germany . |
| 42 | 20–6 Mrs McIver , wife of the Moderator , asked to be relieved of the duty of leader of praise which she had undertaken for the past two years . |
| 43 | He had assumed , discriminated , made her feel as if she had to apologise for the way she lived her life , when he knew nothing , nothing of her circumstances or her reasons . |
| 44 | If so , she had prepared for the event more thoroughly than he could ever have imagined . |
| 45 | She let Ferdinando teach her how to judge an aubergine ripe and a chicken fresh and then she copied those older women she had seen for the rest . |
| 46 | She had run for the county particularly in cross country events . |
| 47 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 48 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 49 | She was shocked herself , but that shock was muted by the greater shock of realising that even now she was not certain that she would keep the appointment she had made for the morning . |
| 50 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 51 | When at 7.30 am on Saturday 8 May I saw Marion Reid sitting in brilliant sunshine on the pavement , beside the doll 's house she had made for the Sale , waiting for the Church doors to be opened , I knew that all would be well . |
| 52 | She was still in the dark coat and dress she had selected for the Jockey Club hearing and Nick was in pinstripes . |
| 53 | Guilt and exhaustion is what she had felt for the next year . |
| 54 | That evening , as her mother had stood at the kitchen door with the shadow of future old age lurking behind her , she had felt for the first time what it was to be a grown-up , what it was that she was missing in the never-never land of Fenna 's spell . |
| 55 | During the headmistress 's speech she had realized for the first time how little she knew of the world that lay beyond the school gates . |
| 56 | Clenching his fists , rigid with rage , Angel advanced on her , translating what she had said for the others . |
| 57 | All she wanted to do was yield to it , because it was what she had wanted for the whole time she had been with him . |
| 58 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 59 | She had awakened early , busied herself with her bags and , while she had waited for the taxi repeatedly told herself that men were a species that she would avoid at all costs from here on in . |
| 60 | She had hoped for the opportunity of a quiet word with Iris , of trying to smooth her ruffled feelings before the day 's work , but to her surprise and annoyance she found Rose Kettle at their table and Brigitte laying a third place , while Dora , stony-faced , was sitting alone in the farthest corner . |