Example sentences of "she [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know , I ca n't remember whether she applied for that , I know Harold his daughter went up to Southampton and he was horrified at the accommodation she was staying in , up there |
| 2 | She led for most of the way at a terrific pace with Cardwell doggedly staying in touch before making a last-ditch effort in the final 25 metres . |
| 3 | Ten feet in the other direction a staircase rose directly up by the side of the end wall and she made for this . |
| 4 | And that 's how Millie saw them when she entered the kitchen again , carrying the plate of chitterlings : the two people she cared for most , and who were about to lose her , laughing their heads off . |
| 5 | She lived for many years , and preserved a record that she had been treated with Penicillium . |
| 6 | She can rarely have travelled , for example , more than fifteen miles from Brackley , Northamptonshire , where she lived for most of her twenty-four years . |
| 7 | What does she think for that matter ? |
| 8 | Not only is she advocate for both sides , she is the jury as well . |
| 9 | She asked for any qualified teacher interested in assisting with training — not necessarily on a full time basis — but willing to sit in and observe and become involved generally — perhaps you have a special knowledge and/or interest in Music — Dance — Anatomy — Etc or would like to know more about training and the role of the trainer . |
| 10 | She also heard some hot gospel music — and liked it so much she asked for more . |
| 11 | She asked for some answers to specific points . |
| 12 | Although already gravely ill , she posed for this graduation picture just days before losing her battle against cancer . |
| 13 | A graduate in sociology and education at Florence University , she has for many years contributed articles to Protestant and ecumenical newspapers and currently writes a monthly survey on television for the journal Confronti . |
| 14 | Firdaus is so stung by this that she looks for another job . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , and how much money does she need for that ? ’ asked Anne 's father , looking up quickly . |
| 16 | Or had she just seen him one day , walking around the suburb where he had been born , and said to him , in that sharp voice she used for all commands : ‘ Marry Me ! ’ |
| 17 | Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now . |
| 18 | Will she confirm for those pensioners that their savings are safe with us ? |
| 19 | She says for some reason he did n't come back for it . |
| 20 | There she studied for several months at the Académie Carmen with James McNeill Whistler [ q.v. ] , |
| 21 | ‘ I mean … ’ she strove for some kind of coherence ‘ … |
| 22 | And I know what she paid for that too . " |
| 23 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 24 | The garden depicted with such passionate intensity is based on one at Maytham Hall , a house in Kent which she rented for many years and last visited in 1907 . |
| 25 | did she hesitate for some time before the answers ? |
| 26 | She hunted for this young sister , and made sure that her life would be unhappy . |
| 27 | In a fit of temper she arranged for all the surrounding elms to catch Dutch Elm Disease and quickly died . |
| 28 | Among other pursuits she served for many years as a Stewardess with the Donaldson Line which took her all over the world . |
| 29 | On the reverse of each plate is Cicely Mary Barker 's original poem that she penned for each fairy . |
| 30 | Throughout the academic year she campaigned for such an appointment to be made until the local authority provided additional money for this post to be advertised . |