Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lived with him for 11 years . |
| 2 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 3 | She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married . |
| 4 | She gazed at it for a moment . |
| 5 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 6 | She wandered around it for a minute until she realized it was odd there were no sounds from him . |
| 7 | She came with me for no reason at all , whereas it would have taken quite a few other PCs to shift her . |
| 8 | She turned to him for comfort . |
| 9 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 10 | She glanced at her for signs of irony and saw none . |
| 11 | If she relied on him for anything , it never happened . |
| 12 | She worked for her for eighteen years . |
| 13 | She talked to me for what seemed a very long time . |
| 14 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 15 | She talked with him for nearly ten minutes , and as the officers drew her away , Walford snatched her hand and kissed it , ‘ some tears for the first time rolling down his cheeks ’ . |
| 16 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 17 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 18 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 19 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 20 | She stared at him for a moment , then grinned . |
| 21 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |
| 22 | She stared at him for a moment , and then , as he gestured impatiently , ‘ But I do n't know how — ’ |
| 23 | She stared at him for a further moment , then meekly she obeyed and he smiled . |
| 24 | She stared at him for a moment . |
| 25 | She stared at him for a moment , then flushed . |
| 26 | She seemed vaguely familiar to Juliet , and she stared at her for a moment , trying to place where she might have seen her . |
| 27 | She stared at it for a couple of minutes , then , with a prolonged sigh , began to take them out and put them back into the cupboards and drawers . |
| 28 | She stared at it for a long time , shivering , icy fingers trailing along her spine . |
| 29 | Lifting out the ornament , a beautifully sculpted ballerina on point , she stared at it for a moment , then gave a faint , rather sad smile . |
| 30 | She stared at it for a moment , her body feeling frozen , her heart as still as a stone in her chest . |