Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 2 | She planned to stay for a couple of days in the Arts Club in Edinburgh , as she belonged to a London club that had a reciprocal arrangement . |
| 3 | Prunskiene , who had resigned as Prime Minister on Jan. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 37944 ] , consistently denied the accusations ( made in April — see p. 38880 ) , claiming that a document bearing her signature in which she agreed to work for the KGB was a forgery and that the trial was politically motivated . |
| 4 | She pretended to think for a moment . |
| 5 | She knelt to pray for the soul of God 's servant Hereward , his wife and all who worshipped there . |
| 6 | He pulled at his Mum 's coat and she stopped talking for a minute . |
| 7 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 8 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 9 | She reached down to the floor where her candle stood , and when she 'd groped for the matches , which proved , as always , astonishingly difficult to locate , she lit it . |
| 10 | She 'd headed for the historical centre and spanned out , taking in the churches and palaces and the Lonja — the commodity exchange which housed , among other historical interests , the fine arts museum . |
| 11 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 12 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 13 | Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment . |
| 14 | She 'd gone for a walk . |
| 15 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 16 | It was an astonishing thing for a wife to say about her husband to a woman she 'd met for the first time . |
| 17 | Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane . |
| 18 | The blonde braid had fallen over her shoulder , shining honey-gold against the vivid jade of the T-shirt dress she 'd worn for the trip out here . |
| 19 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 20 | ‘ Please , ’ she murmured as she climbed the steps to the fifth-floor Brooklyn Heights flat she 'd subleased for the summer , ‘ please , let this be an acceptance ! ’ |
| 21 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 22 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 23 | She 'd looked for an opening and had had to contrive her entry . |
| 24 | He bared her breasts ; put his tongue to them as his hands went down to the belt of her skirt , to find that she 'd changed for the trip , and was wearing jeans . |
| 25 | Oh Christ , she wanted to be fucked even more than she 'd hungered for the whip . |
| 26 | He remembered how she 'd sung for the passengers on the ship and how they 'd all liked her . |
| 27 | He came home to sleep and as soon as he woke after she 'd left for the Clinic , he went out . |
| 28 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 29 | When she came to pay for the bill , she found that it had already been paid . |
| 30 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |