Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | when she goes out for a meal she 's got a problem , now if that was me I 'd be having loads of big ones |
| 2 | She sought desperately for an answer , but could find none . |
| 3 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 4 | Can SHe stay here for a few days ? ’ |
| 5 | She shouted defiantly for a second , tears forming in her eyes , tears of terror and relief . |
| 6 | She sucked sweetly for a while , her busy tongue teasing at the shaft with exquisite enthusiasm . |
| 7 | She moved out for a while , but carried on cleaning for her ; and then when she married , she moved back in again , and had her first child there . |
| 8 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 9 | She looks incuriously for a moment , not to be outfaced , and then turns away . |
| 10 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 11 | You are a turkey — ’ she cast about for an even worse insult , ‘ a puritan ! ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 13 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll never believe he done it , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , when she came round for a cup of tea and a slice of the action , ‘ not if he 's convicted by a dozen juries , and do n't tell me he 'll get a fair trial in the current climate of opinion , not unless they pick twelve men the same size and true . |
| 15 | She squirmed around for a better view of it . |
| 16 | Then she reaches nervously for a hand-rolled fag . |
| 17 | She hung around for a while , looking aimlessly into the shop windows , wondering if she should go and have a coffee in the Franz Joseph , just in case he was there . |
| 18 | She fiddled around for a while , and cursed and muttered before she managed to get one detached . |
| 19 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |
| 20 | The novel life abroad made Frances disenchanted with Britain when she returned home for a spell : |
| 21 | Now these routines seemed to take most of the morning , and after lunch and a little rest she sallied forth for a walk . |
| 22 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , she worked here for a time . ’ |
| 24 | Not as she thought right for a person 's end , |
| 25 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 26 | She thought seriously for a moment , considering . |
| 27 | She reached out for a pale , beautiful robe that seemed to be a continual pour of colour , like a mountain river with the sun shining on it and , as she did so , there was a whisper of sound behind them . |
| 28 | She stared thoughtfully for a moment or two . |
| 29 | She stared out for a moment longer , and then she turned her attention back inside . |
| 30 | Should she go in for a drink ? |