Example sentences of "she [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She goes for the bold approach , transforming whole walls and courtyards with bright murals , herb mazes , whacky garden furniture . |
| 2 | She longs for the anguished desolation of a late capitalism that has n't quite worked as her generation dreamed . |
| 3 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 4 | The next year she applied for the nursing course . |
| 5 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 6 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 7 | She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person ! |
| 8 | When she requires a new cooker , she begs for a small loan from the Department of Social Security . |
| 9 | Last year she asked for a big French dictionary for her birthday . ’ |
| 10 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 11 | She stands for a long moment . |
| 12 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 13 | She tried for a neutral tone . |
| 14 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 15 | It sounds like the Velvet Underground mixed with … ’ — and she searches for the appropriate ingredient — ‘ … with Nico . ’ |
| 16 | IT will be a great relief to Abi King at the Arts Theatre if the props she needs for a new play can be turned up by the public at large . |
| 17 | As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall . |
| 18 | She headed for the outsize black car that was parked opposite . |
| 19 | RUNAWAY teenager Nicola Rogers told today why she headed for the bright lights of Blackpool after leaving her home 100 miles away four days ago . |
| 20 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 21 | She darted for the open doors and down the stone step to the garden . |
| 22 | She changed into her shorts — Fen had donned his before they went shopping — and , remembering Fen 's earlier insinuations , she opted for a baggy T-shirt which , she hoped , made her figure as sexless as a boy 's , then went aloft , tense , wary , uncertain of her reception . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps an escort , ’ hinted Isabel , worried that Matilda was going to suggest she wait for the good father 's return . |
| 24 | As she hunted for a worn pair of leather gloves in the pocket of her pelisse , she did not appear to notice that she had been pulled closely in to the gentleman for a few brief seconds . |
| 25 | For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight . |
| 26 | For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’ |
| 27 | Hari closed her book with a snap of finality , the outstanding balance she owed for the French calf hung like a weight around her neck . |
| 28 | She walked for a long time , while the feeling of the streets changed to night . |
| 29 | She walked for a long time , past hundreds of doors . |
| 30 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |