Example sentences of "would [verb] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it would be her lunchtime , and probably another feed , and after that they 'd send her for her afternoon rest , and then collect the specimens and the data from him for the next day 's test session . |
| 2 | ‘ Laura must be nearing forty — her daughter , Hilda , is sixteen — but you 'd take her for no more than thirty-five . |
| 3 | ‘ If they did you 'd hate her for what she did to Grandfather . ’ |
| 4 | The court had been told that Mrs McWilliams had suffered severe brain damage which would affect her for the rest of her life . |
| 5 | She would lay the table her own way , not the French way , and no one would reprove her for putting the forks and spoons face up . |
| 6 | With so much specialised knowledge , which would qualify her for nothing much except a pilot 's certificate , with her wellingtons over which the mud of many tides had dried , she had the air of something aquatic , a demon from the depths , perhaps . |
| 7 | It was impossible not to notice how aroused he had become , and she thought of all the women who would envy her for being in this situation . |
| 8 | She doubted if even James Morton would remember her for long . |
| 9 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 10 | He would keep her for himself . |
| 11 | For example , if you wish your ‘ commanding ’ child to wait patiently until a more convenient time for her demands to be met , you could reinforce ( reward ) her for waiting for ( say ) ten seconds , subsequently you would reinforce her for waiting for a longer interval of time , gradually increasing the interval each time you ask her to wait . |
| 12 | A friend indicated that the Army had seemed at first to understand when the WRAC driver said she feared other Paratroopers would victimise her for ‘ squealing ’ on their pals . |
| 13 | He vowed that when they returned in the summer he would take her for a holiday . |
| 14 | To look at her now ye would take her for fifty-two . |
| 15 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 16 | After supper , Louise would leave Nora to herself until the nine o'clock news and then she would join her for a nightcap . |
| 17 | If he ever found this girl he would thank her for choosing to live in that quarter of the city . |
| 18 | Suddenly , it was the men who were reacting — usually with disgust , and they would ignore her for the rest of the journey . |
| 19 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 20 | He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took . |
| 21 | It therefore seemed logical to press a little of every suitable plant in her garden and later to create a design from it that would remind her for many years to come of her treasured garden . |
| 22 | It would last her for a few days . |
| 23 | Heseltine declares that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would challenge her for the leadership . |