Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since she had come to Norfolk the skies had been grey , and she suddenly longed for warmth . |
| 2 | But the tumour continued to grow and she finally opted for surgery and chemotherapy . |
| 3 | She had thin , brittle , permed hair , and , under the blue and white checked overall she always wore for work , her legs were stringy and knotted with varicose veins . |
| 4 | Yvonne could n't find the fish brooch that she always wore for funerals . |
| 5 | She always fell for things like that ; she was easy to manage . |
| 6 | She pulled herself straight and directed into his sleepy eyes the look she usually reserved for teachers and principals . |
| 7 | In fact she hardly spoke for days . |
| 8 | She later fought for women 's rights and social reform in the Alberta legislature at Edmonton , and represented Canada at the League of Nations . |
| 9 | She also worked for women 's suffrage and employment , writing and lecturing on these and other contemporary subjects . |
| 10 | She also worked for Walker Books in New York , before returning to London to handle foreign rights for the Watts Group . |
| 11 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 12 | Jenny , , she 's worked for Express for three and half months , and she previously worked for A N C , er , on their pallet service in Sheffield and South Yorkshire area . |
| 13 | He was being annoying on purpose , she fumed , but , aware that this man easily had her emotions all over the place , she again strove for calm . |
| 14 | She seldom asked for advice and never took it , but Mona knew how to disguise mere advice by scoffing at any other conclusion but her own . |