Example sentences of "for her [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whereas her father earned the respect of his people by staying in London throughout the Blitz , the Queen has few positive personal achievements to show for her four decades on the throne . |
| 2 | It was part of her prize — along with £1,000-worth of dresses for her four bridesmaids and another £1,000-worth of Young 's clothes hire for husband Paul Wrigley and his attendants . |
| 3 | ALL THE PAIN THAT MONEY CAN BUY : The Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright Gollancz , £5.99 MANY MIGHT think that Christina Onassis 's 37 years of life , notable only for her four marriages and succession of lovers , is not worth a full-scale biography , certainly not one of almost 400 pages . |
| 4 | His mother , Jemima , was a more forceful character , hard-working and ambitious for her four children , but possibly over-protective of their interests and too demanding of their talents . |
| 5 | She is a local farmer 's daughter and was quite used to cooking for her six brothers and one sister . |
| 6 | Courtfield was the happy family home of our founder , Cardinal Herbert Vaughan , whose mother , Eliza , spent an hour a day praying for religious vocations for her thirteen children . |
| 7 | Goldin is best known for her 1986 book , The Ballad of Sexual Dependency , an account of her intimates in the seamy Seventies nightlife of New York and Provincetown . |
| 8 | Stephanie had always been on the heavy side for her 5 ft 4 ins ( 1.6m ) frame . |
| 9 | She managed to reduce her weight by 1 st 2 lbs ( 7.2 kg ) in 9 weeks to a delightfully slim 8 st 5 lbs ( 53.2 kg ) for her 5 ft 5 ins ( 1.65 m ) height . |
| 10 | She paid for her two teas and quit the hotel . |
| 11 | Breeze , who had hatched a good many herself , quickened her steps to a run , for her two friends were waiting . |
| 12 | The 26-year-old woman , of Southampton , had a sliding scale of punishments for her two daughters , magistrates in the city were told . |
| 13 | But , ever concerned for her two daughters , she quickly added , ‘ You and Cara are all right ? ’ |
| 14 | One woman said ( despite having a nanny for her two kids ) : ‘ I do the washing one night , the ironing another . |
| 15 | Mrs Said , a refugee from Somalia , was asking permission for her two sisters and their children in a refuge camp in Ethiopia to join her here . |
| 16 | John , she said , once told her that for her three people could do no wrong : Mrs Howard , Elizabeth Bowen and the butcher . |
| 17 | Their secretary , Mrs. Fryer , was presented with ‘ a spontaneous gift of a gold watch for her three years as secretary ’ . |
| 18 | He dumped his beautician wife Jewel for her three years ago — but his relationship with Tessa has now ended . |
| 19 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 20 | Betty , 61 , also has in mind a dream holiday and gifts for her three children and two grandchildren . |
| 21 | She has received for her 1990–91 sabbatical year a Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to support her work on a new book on Gottfried Benn 's lyrical poetry . |
| 22 | The young St Dominic 's student smashed the stage record in the Under-17 race by a massive 28 seconds , clocking 8.77 for her 2400 metres race around the park . |