Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [conj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheila called her GP because for a week Mark had not been feeding properly , had become increasingly drowsy and was vomiting . |
| 2 | On his saint 's day she summons him into her inmost boudoir , dismisses her girls , permits him to braid her hair and for a moment to fondle her breasts . |
| 3 | He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak . |
| 4 | A strong hand stayed her fall and for a brief instant she was flung against Fen 's chest , his heartbeat quite audible as her breathing seemed suspended . |
| 5 | She looked at the telephone on her desk and for a minute was tempted to pick it up and ask for David Fairfax 's number . |
| 6 | Perkin , on her other side , murmured something to get her attention and for a while I watched Tremayne make the best of our table having been graced by the sponsor 's wife , a gushing froth of a lady in unbecoming lemon . |
| 7 | She was able to warn her manager that for a while she might be a bit slower and occasionally a bit tearful . |
| 8 | Enclosed in darkness , in her own world of make-believe , she feebly allowed him to nuzzle her ear and then to kiss her thoroughly again , blissfully enjoying his skilled domination until she became nervously aware that he was sliding his hands beneath her coat and for a brief second of lancing flame he had cupped her breasts in his big , infinitely welcome hands . |
| 9 | Slowly she drained her glass and for a moment held it in front of her , staring at and smoothing the condensation away with her thumb . |
| 10 | He took her arm and for a moment Sophie resented his high-handed manner . |
| 11 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |