Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly her heart ached for the sight of her native country , for the sounds and scents and the voices of her own people . |
| 2 | But by the morning of the fifth day , rider and horse became a team , and by that afternoon Artemis and her teacher went for a stiff ten-mile hack . |
| 3 | It seemed to fill her plumage with its cold light as her body shivered for a moment , her head trembled and her eyes , which had been half closed , slowly opened . |
| 4 | erm And if you look at the second line , and begin three words in , it says ‘ the mistress , ’ the mistress is abbreviated , ‘ answers her man can not work , nor can she spare him till she be paid for what her husband did for the King 's soldiers ’ . |
| 5 | When they stood at the curb to cross the road her back ached for the support of his hand in its pit . |
| 6 | Her father thought for a moment . |
| 7 | When her father reached for a cigarette , Miranda intercepted his hand as it searched for his lighter , and touched the flame to the tip to make contact with him . |
| 8 | Her father reached for the tea pot . |
| 9 | Her dog sniffed for a moment at the ankle of the young man who worked at the engine of his car . |
| 10 | Her voice faltered for a moment , then she went on more strongly , ‘ Elise died in an accident . |
| 11 | Instinctively her hand reached for a light switch . |
| 12 | She contends that the tenant ceased to be a statutory tenant for the purposes of the subsection when the possession order was made in the county court or , alternatively , when the possession order took effect or , alternatively , when her client applied for the warrant of execution . |
| 13 | Why was Mrs Thatcher upset when her son went for a drive in 1982 ? |
| 14 | Mrs Stevens got the blame for producing these but she claimed that she had merely kept him talking while her son went for the police . |