Example sentences of "she [verb] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleepily she tried to adjust for this situation , flipping over and snuggling into the heated surface of his chest . |
| 2 | ‘ She has to go for some more treatment , ’ Jack Foley said . |
| 3 | She has to look for new friends amongst the ranks of the unattached like herself ; and until she has recovered sufficiently to become interested in organising her social life to the best advantage , her opportunities to continue to enjoy the pleasures of mixed company may be very limited . |
| 4 | Cath does not have this excuse ; she has to look for another . |
| 5 | As for Monica Seles , her desire to play at Wimbledon this year , coupled with the fact that she already has the Australian title under her belt , might be all the incentive that she needs to go for that Grand Slam this year , that same Grand Slam which she passed up last year with her refusal to play the British leg of the four majors . |
| 6 | As she was seeing things in the wake of her Paris win , she plans to compete for three or four more years before having a second child and giving up the tournament scene . |
| 7 | As she prepared to leave for one of her foraging expeditions , Sycorax would poke up at her and hiss , ‘ Do n't let them see what you pick ! |
| 8 | And even so , she deserved to die for attempted treason . |
| 9 | Why had she had to wait for such an education ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he said again , and the floodgates really opened , and she began to cry for all the bewilderment of feelings he had caused in her . |
| 11 | Kerry 's hair had been recently cut but she decided to go for another snip when she arrived at the studio . |
| 12 | ‘ The doctors say she 's responding very well to the new treatment , and she expects to live for another hundred years . ’ |
| 13 | As it happened , this queen mother was the most remarkable and able of them all , and it is therefore something of an irony that she had to wait for twelve years , until 1554 , and stage a successful coup , before obtaining the place which earlier queen mothers had immediately enjoyed . |
| 14 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
| 15 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
| 16 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 17 | It was her own cottage and it was all she had to show for 20 years of marriage so , she reasoned , she might as well make it look as good as possible . |
| 18 | She had to pay for eight pillows . |
| 19 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |