Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] for [noun sg] " 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 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |