Example sentences of "her [noun] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked Mrs Zamzam what her sons did for a living , a young man interrupted to say that they all worked ‘ for the revolution ’ . |
| 2 | She 's typed up and then said she 's hyped up because her sister works for the R S P C A , and she 's |
| 3 | She left her sister to rest for a while , and she herself set off at once with her possessions in a basket . |
| 4 | She feels the worst part of being unemployed is her inability to plan for the future . |
| 5 | Japan was not unique in the problems faced by her rural population , but her attempts to search for an external outlet for domestic discontent were unusually vigorous . |
| 6 | She had been in her cottage waiting for the return of Tom and Carrie when a villager ran past shouting news of the fire and she had turned out to help . |
| 7 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 8 | Suddenly her heart ached for the sight of her native country , for the sounds and scents and the voices of her own people . |
| 9 | He smiled and Robyn watched and felt her heart stop for the hundredth time . |
| 10 | They sat there side by side , Faye and Roberta , staring at Alice , so unlike Mary and Reggie that Alice was even amused — inside , of course , not letting it show And her heart hurt for the girls . |
| 11 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |
| 12 | She allowed her mind to dwell for a minute on her old schoolfellow in the role of husband . |
| 13 | As she grows up she is able to bring up her child and form other relationships , but the split has occurred and the damaged child within her mind waits for the chance of retribution . |
| 14 | Her mind searched for a safer topic . |
| 15 | When it dawned on her that she would have to earn her own living , she made up her mind to work for a diploma and then teach , and do some book-illustrating while she cast about for her real métier . |
| 16 | Mrs Kinnock , 47 , last month announced her intention to stand for the 1994 European Parliament elections in the South East Wales constituency . |
| 17 | As they left , Kate glanced back , her eyes searching for the shawl . |
| 18 | She wound up the window and started to cruise round , her eyes searching for the nice little space that would take her white Golf GTI . |
| 19 | Isabel squeezed her eyes shut for a second . |
| 20 | A bead of moisture clung , and she squeezed her eyes shut for a second lest she reach out and lick it away . |
| 21 | Charlotte clamped her eyes shut for an instant to stave off frustration . |
| 22 | Her eyes closed for a brief second as she drew all her inner strength together to steady her voice . |
| 23 | Flipping lazily on to her back , she floated with her eyes closed for a moment , frowning as the sound of a door closing echoed around the pool . |
| 24 | Limping , sniffing , aware that the rain could have ruined her best velvet skirt , she stumbled along , her eyes peeled for a phone box . |
| 25 | She let her eyes close for a moment . |
| 26 | Her eyes flickered for a split-second to see Lucenzo 's reaction . |
| 27 | She let her eyes stray for a moment to the door of the bedroom where her little daughter now lay fast asleep . |
| 28 | Ann Thwaite , in her biography Waiting for the Party , suggests the relevance to The Lost Prince of a certain incident in October 1913 . |
| 29 | Alexandra did not move from the sofa but sat on it quite rigid , her ears straining for the dreaded sound of wheels on the gravel of the drive . |
| 30 | She clapped her hands over her ears waiting for the water that was almost upon them , aware of the damage it was going to cause . |