Example sentences of "she [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She 's having treatment still , she she goes for a couple of days at a time .
2 She read for a while , trying to close her mind to the sounds from the galley , the picture of Fen enjoying his supper and — simply — any pictures of Fen at all .
3 A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading .
4 Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes .
5 She applied for a grant , and in , er in career , it says like ,
6 The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ .
7 Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community
8 She fought for a separation … and her wish was granted .
9 She sits for a while beside them , her arm laid alongside the nightlight on the table ; the shoe of the Old Woman , with a pink bulb inside , lifts the shadows in a comforting way .
10 She sits for a moment on the arm of the chair , and rests her hand on my neck .
11 There , she checked for a pulse , fearing for a moment that she had killed him .
12 She asked for a sign ; some proof to verify her experience .
13 She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris .
14 She said she asked for a lift for herself and a male friend as a joke .
15 Her output was not impressive but at least she succeeded for a couple of hours in driving the memory of Sybil 's murder into the back of her mind .
16 She phoned for a taxi which arrived in a few minutes .
17 Pulling herself out of the dazed state into which the woman 's embittered words had thrown her , she tried for a non-committal tone .
18 It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’
19 She stopped for a second to point something out to the Doctor .
20 She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields .
21 But on the way she noticed a crowd listening to a preacher and she stopped for a while to join them .
22 She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate .
23 She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself .
24 She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac .
25 She stopped for a moment , as if the basket were overburdening her , and put it down .
26 She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house .
27 She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward .
28 She stopped for a moment to get her bearings .
29 She stopped for a moment .
30 She stopped for a moment , then said suddenly , ‘ Let's look them up in the veterinary register and see roughly how old they are , judging from the year they qualified . ’
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