Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's with a boy our age — a toy boy — and though he deserts her for young girls and even beats her up — she 's such a sucker for punishment , she goes back for more . |
| 2 | She argued passionately for better housing , education , and welfare services for the poor , and was a particularly strong advocate of the National Health Service , making herself an expert on mental health . |
| 3 | She sought round for some sobering thought . |
| 4 | Polly 's grip on the wheel tightened as , head and heart in raging conflict , she sought wildly for some means of escape . |
| 5 | She posed carefully for each exposure . |
| 6 | Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence . |
| 7 | An' she drops in for another little drop , |
| 8 | Thus she monitored many clients whose situation was felt to be unstable , and she negotiated widely for other services . |
| 9 | She studied there for three years with Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks [ qq.v. ] , winning a certificate for figure drawing ( 1896–7 ) and the Melvill Nettleship prize for figure composition ( 1897–8 ) . |
| 10 | She came downstairs for all her meals . |
| 11 | When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more . |
| 12 | ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments . |
| 13 | And she soldiered on for another 15 years before she finally died . |
| 14 | She signed up for two employment agencies : Solve Your Problems and Knightsbridge Nannies , and worked as a waitress at private parties and as a charlady . |
| 15 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 16 | Even though they may be working together on contributory problems in the marriage , he still needs to recognise how she hung on for both of them while he was out having a good time . |
| 17 | Is she staying on for another couple of Luxembourg performances ? |
| 18 | FIVE years after the death of the man she loved passionately for 30 years , Marje Proops still carries his photograph in her handbag . |
| 19 | All in all she worked solidly for two hours , and it was a relief when she was finally free to take an official coffee break . |
| 20 | She took out for both of them once |
| 21 | As the train drew near she looked out for Rough Stones , the house up on the hillside where they had made their first home ; but it was night , and all she saw was a glimmer that could as well have been a shepherd 's lantern . |
| 22 | Presently she went downstairs for hot water . |
| 23 | ( She went on for another seven ! ) . |
| 24 | She had had no life of her own for several years ; if she went out for half an hour , she had to leave messages all round the flat , telling Yury she 'd be back soon , otherwise he would panic . |
| 25 | No , erm , she sent off for some curtains |
| 26 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 27 | She carried on for another year and then died suddenly from a heart attack . |
| 28 | She searched around for further words to express her grief , but could find none , and kept repeating herself . |
| 29 | She had read of this sort of thing often enough ; she had heard of its happening to other people — even to people she knew — but she had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her . |
| 30 | They 'd been friends , companions , they 'd got on well together , but , now that she knew what real love was , she knew that she had never for one moment loved him . |